Whitney Adeniran, the late 12-year-old student of Chrisland High School in the Opebi area of Lagos State, has been buried.
The funeral took place in Lagos on Thursday.
Whitney died on February 9, 2023 during the school’s inter-house sports held at Agege Stadium in Lagos.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) had earlier reported that the deceased’s mother, Blessing Adeniran, said in an Instagram live video on Wednesday that the school made her go through trauma by making her resort to an autopsy to find out the cause of her daughter’s death.
Late Whitney Adeniran
She said: “The autopsy result is out and Desola was electrocuted. My daughter died of electrocution. I have been subjected to trauma for the past two weeks. Tomorrow will make it three weeks my baby died. The school made me think I was crazy. They started pushing the narrative of she was sick; she was sickly. They sent letters and publications out.
“People insulted me and my family. My child was electrocuted to death. I told the school I don’t want trouble. All I want is answers. They came to my house and knelt down. I begged, I pleaded, I said ‘Mrs Amao please, I don’t know how autopsy is being done but I have browsed it and the image is scary. Please my daughter is already dead, don’t make me put her through that, they will butcher her. I beg you in the name of God, you are a mother, help me investigate and find out what happened.’”
Videos of the funeral have gone viral on social media.
At the funeral, Mrs Adeniran is seen dressed in black weeping profusely and asking to see her daughter’s corpse in the white coffin.
Lagos State Government has since closed Chrisland school to investigate the incident.
Authorities of the Chrisland schools have released a statement over the sudden death of 12-year-old girl, Desola Whitney Adeniran, a student of the school, who allegedly slumped and died during the school’s inter-house sports at the Agege stadium in Lagos state on February 9.
In a statement released today, February 12, the school authorities asked for prayers for the family of the deceased. It said that after the incident, all regulatory institutions especially the Police were contacted to establish the cause of this unfortunate exit through autopsy. The school says it will in due course, update everyone with a full report of the incident.
The statement reads: “The loss of one of our precious children at the Agege Stadium during our annual Inter House Sports competition is really disheartening and tragic.
We are absolutely heartbroken, shattered and grieve with the family. Words are not enough to express our sadness and it is only God that can comfort the family, friends and the entire School community.
“As we continue to grieve over this sad loss, we want to use this medium to encourage all members of the Chrisland family and community of parents to keep the family in prayers, remain strong and focused on God.
“In spontaneous response to the incidence, we immediately contacted all regulatory institutions and especially the Police to establish the cause of this unfortunate exit through autopsy.
“We shall in due course, update all parents with a full report of the incident. We wish to thank all of you for the concern, support and prayers during this time of grief and we pray that God will give the family and the school the fortitude to bear this painful and irreparable loss.”
A Nigerian mum, Mrs Blessing Adeniran, has called on the management of Chrisland High School in Lagos State to come clean to her about the death of her 12-year-old daughter, Desola Whitney Adeniran.
Desola was said to have slumped and died while attending the school’s Interhouse sports held at the Agege Stadium last Thursday, February 9.
In a video posted online, the distraught mum said she was at the event to watch her daughter participate. She said she became worried when she did not see her daughter during the match past as well as other sporting events.
Mrs. Adeniran said she decided to go where the students were all kept to check on her child. She said it was while she was there that she was told by a male student that a certain Whitney fainted and had been rushed to the hospital.
According to her, one of the staff saw her and then told her that Whitney had been rushed to the hospital. On getting there, she met her daughter’s corpse. She said up till now, the school has not given in full detail, about what happened to her child.
The distraught mum said the school claims her 12-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest and slumped. Mrs Adediran said her baby girl was not sick and never had any pre-existing heart condition and wonders why she would suffer a cardiac arrest.
She is demanding the school come clean to her with regards to what really happened to her child so she can bury her child in peace.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) had earlier reported that Michael Adeniran, the father of the deceased, noted that his daughter died on Thursday at the Agege Stadium, which the school used for its sporting activities.
Adeniran claimed his daughter was hale and hearty when the school picked her up for the activities, saying the school had not said anything regarding the incident.
He, therefore, sought the intervention of the Lagos State Government as well as security agencies to investigate the incident and ensure justice is served.
“To the biggest shock of my life by 1 pm in the afternoon, I got a call from my wife that she was informed that our daughter slumped at the inter-house sport and she was rushed to the clinic”, he said.
“My wife was at the venue even before the event started. She was never informed or called until they have conveyed our child out of the venue before they informed her. On arrival of my wife at the health center where they took my daughter. my daughter was lying dead with her lips black and her tongue black.
Watch the video of Mrs. Adeniran recounting what happened
“My wife called me urgently, I left my office to the place and found my 12-year-old daughter lying dead on the ground. I asked questions about what happened to my daughter and the school authority could not get me any information as to what happened to my child in their care.
“I gave Chrisland school a healthy vibrant young girl what Chrisland returned to me is a dead child. My entire family is in deep sorrow but the school Authority claimed they know nothing about my daughter’s death and all they know is that my daughter slumped and died.
“My question is what happened to my daughter at Agege stadium? As a father, I demand answers from Chrisland International High School. I am in deep pain and sorrow right now. If you are a father you will understand my pain. My daughter is highly loved by us. We cherished her existence and we can never allow an institution to gloss over the death of our daughter.
“Since we started asking this question. The school has been asking us to back down from the autopsy and I know they know their way into the system. I am calling on the pathology department of @lasuth to please be honest with their result. Lagos State government, Nigerian Government, please intervene”, Adeniran concluded.
Desola Whitney Adeniran
As of the time of filing this report, no official statement had been released by either the school, the state government or security agencies.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Chrisland International High School first came into the public limelight following an alleged rape of one of its female pupils during a trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last year.
Videos later emerged on social media of the students engaging in intimate activities at their hotel in Dubai, where the school had taken them on a trip.
The school was suspended by the Lagos State Government for a thorough investigation into the incident but was later reopened one week after.
