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  • LASG arraigns Chrisland school principal, others for manslaughter

    LASG arraigns Chrisland school principal, others for manslaughter

    The Lagos State government,o LASG, Thursday arraigned Chrisland School, Opebi, its principal, vice principal and two employees over the death of one of the school’s pupils, 12-year-old Whitney Adeniran.

    The school’s workers who were arraigned before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja include Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Mrs. Belinda Amao, Nwatu Ugochi Victoria and Chrisland School Limited.

    The defendants were arraigned on two count charges bordering on involuntary manslaughter, reckless and negligent acts preferred against them by the state.

    While in the dock, the school’s principal, Mrs. Belinda Amao, broke down in tears as the court and counsel tried to agree on a date for the commencement of the trial.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that the mother of Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old female student of Chrisland High School, Ikeja, Lagos, had confirmed the cause of the daughter’s death.

    The mother, Blessing Adeniran, disclosed that investigation revealed that her daughter died from electrocution while taking part in the school’s sporting events held at the Agege Stadium in Lagos.

    In a live video on her official Instagram business account, Mrs Adediran said an autopsy carried out to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death revealed it was electrocution.

    Before the autopsy, the parents of the deceased had insisted that the student was hale and hearty before leaving home on the said day, but the school management denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the student “slumped” at the stadium.

    Alleged cover-up attempt?
    Crying profusely, Mrs Adediran said she has been subjected to trauma since her daughter died, adding that the school also contributed to the trauma for allegedly “pushing false narratives to protect their reputation.”

    She said: “They made me think I was crazy, they started pushing the narrative that she was sick. I told them, I dont want trouble, I want answers. They came to my house. I knelt down, begged and pleaded that I dont want my daughter butchered for autopsy sake

    “I told them my daughter is already dead, and I don’t want to put her through that and my husband told them we have been hearing rumours of electrocution and asked them to help us investigate these rumours, but they refused.

    “They sent a letter to me and my husband that they just want to assure us that they did everything humanly possible to save my daughter’s life.”

    Mrs Adediran added that the family would sue the school in a law court.

    Background
    Following the unfortunate death of the student, the deceased’s parents initially accused the school management of negligence.

    They took to social media to seek public intervention to unravel the circumstances that may have led to their daughter’s sudden death while taking part in the sporting events.

    The parents insisted that the lack of an ambulance or first aiders at the venue of the sporting events contributed to the student’s death.

  • Chrisland School, where student died remains shut – LASG

    Chrisland School, where student died remains shut – LASG

    Chrisland High School, Lagos, where a student died during its inter-house sports competition on Feb. 9, remains shut, Lagos State government declared on Sunday.

    It stated that the continued closure of the school after the death of the 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran, was to further investigate alleged endangerment of students and others.

    “The closure of the school paved the way for unhindered investigation and afforded all stakeholders, including parents, students, staff, and friends of the deceased, time to grief,’’ Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, stated.

    “In view of the circumstances surrounding the death of the child, the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice ordered a coroner’s inquest into the matter to ascertain the cause.

    “The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) conducted the autopsy on Feb. 15.

    “It was conducted by Prof. Sunday Soyemi, Consultant Pathologist, LASUTH in the presence of Dr Samuel Keshinro, Consultant Pathologist, representing the deceased’s family, and Dr. Olugbenga Oyewole, Consultant Pathologist representing Chrisland Schools.

    “The autopsy report, dated March 1, revealed the cause of death as asphyxia and electrocution.

    “The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice consequently directed that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to issue a legal advice on the matter.

    “Without prejudice to the criminal proceedings, the school will remain shut to further interrogate the endangerment of students and others,’’ the commissioner added.

    She stated also that team from the Office of Education Quality Assurance also had a meeting with the management of the school to ascertain adherence to child safeguarding policies.

    “The meeting examined the planning of the inter-house sports event and the aftermath of the unfortunate incident.

    “It was discovered that there were lapses,’’ she said in the statement.

    Adefisayo added that a government delegation visited to commiserate with the family of the deceased on March 2.

    She reassured that anyone found culpable in the death of Whitney would be made to face the law.

    The commissioner stated also that government agencies had started fact-finding visits also to Agege Stadium, Lagos, venue of the inter-house sports competition.

  • 12-year-old Chrisland school student, Whitney Adeniran buried in Lagos

    12-year-old Chrisland school student, Whitney Adeniran buried in Lagos

    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.

    12-year-old Chrisland school student, Whitney Adeniran buried in Lagos
    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.’”

    12-year-old Chrisland school student, Whitney Adeniran buried in Lagos

    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.

  • Only Chrisland School, Ikeja branch, will remain shut down – LASG

    Only Chrisland School, Ikeja branch, will remain shut down – LASG

    The Lagos State Ministry of Education has said that only the Chrisland High School, Ikeja branch, is affected by its shut down order and not other schools operated by the owners.

    This is contained in a statement on Tuesday, signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs of the Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mr Ganiu Lawal.

    It stated that only Chrisland High School Ikeja, where Miss Whitney Adeniran was a student until her death, remains closed as directed and the school authority has complied.

    It added that the clarification became necessary to address the anxiety of parents and members of the public on the erroneous claim that the school defied the State Government order on its closure.

    “Chrisland High School, Ikeja, will remain temporarily closed to students and staff to allow unhindered investigations and afford all stakeholders, including parents, students, staff, and friends of the deceased, time to grieve.

    “The regrettable death of Whitney, as reported, is undergoing investigation by the police and relevant agencies of the Lagos State Government,” the statement added.

    According to the statement, the findings of the investigation will be made public as soon as it is completed.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old student of Chrisland School Ikeja, died on 9 February, 2023, during a sporting event at Agege Stadium.

  • We are investigating Chrisland School student’s death – Police

    We are investigating Chrisland School student’s death – Police

    The police command in Lagos State, says it has begun investigation into the death of Miss Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old student of Chrisland School in Lagos.

    The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to NAN on Monday.

    Hundeyin said the Pen Cinema police division in Agege was handling the preliminary investigation after the incident.

    He said that the Homicide Section of the State Central Investigation Department, Panti, would take over the case on Monday for discreet investigation.

    Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of the School over the death of the student.

    The Commissioner for Education in Lagos, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, in a statement said that the school was closed pending the ongoing probe.

    “We also note the impact of this unfortunate event on family, friends, and acquaintance of Whitney and call for calm as we assure that no effort will be spared in investigating the incident,” she stated.

    Whitney Adeniran, a student of Chrisland School, Opebi in Ikeja branch, reportedly died during a sporting event at Agege Stadium on Thursday.

    The parents of the deceased have accused the school of negligence as they continued questioning what happened to their daughter.

    The family alleged that the school made no provision for emergency response at the event, hence their daughter was allegedly not administered first aid at the scene of incident.

    The mother of the girl emphatically said that her girl had no pre-existing heart condition despite the doctor’s allusion to a cardiac arrest.

    Earlier, the management of Chrisland School, in a statement on the incident, claimed Whitney had reported “not-too-buoyant” health on January 20, contrary to claims by her parents.

    The school said it opted to take her to a health centre, and not a hospital, based on proximity considerations.

    Chrisland dismissed insinuations that there was foul play in the death case while citing that she slumped in public.

    “Our immediate response was to take advantage of proximity by identifying the nearest medical facility to take her to, where the doctor on duty administered oxygen and every aid possible to her,” the school claimed.

  • Lagos Govt orders closure of Chrisland School

    Lagos Govt orders closure of Chrisland School

    The Lagos State Ministry of Education has ordered the temporary closure of Chrisland School, Opebi-Ikeja.

    This is following the reported death of a student of the School, Whitney Adeniran.

    A release signed by the State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo said the closure was ordered pending the outcome of a full investigation into the unfortunate incident.

    Mrs. Adefisayo, on behalf of the State Ministry of Education, commiserated with Mr. and Mrs. Adeniran, parents of Whitney, and prayed for the repose of her soul.

    “We also note the impact of this unfortunate event on family, friends and acquaintances of Whitney and call for calm as we assure that no effort will be spared in investigating the incident,” the Commissioner stated.

     

  • What social media users say about Chrisland girl’s virginity claim by her mother

    What social media users say about Chrisland girl’s virginity claim by her mother

    Netizens have reacted to a claim by the mother of the alleged raped school girl of Chrisland School, that her daughter was a virgin before she traveled to Dubai to represent their school.

     

    See Netizens reaction below:

     

    The 10-year-old pupil was among students selected to represent the school at the World School Games in Dubai.

     

    The assault was videoed by one of the students and it was alleged the school concealed it for a month.

     

    Investigations revealed that teachers and staff of the school accompanied the pupils to the competition. But the officials claimed to be unaware of the assault.

     

    Many parents of Chrisland School and others have condemned the school’s management for keeping the incident from the victim’s parents a month after she was assaulted.

     

    In the viral video, which was posted on the Instagram page of Ubi Franklin Ofem, the mother of the girl in the eye of the storm claimed the school attempted to cover up the assault from them till another parent showed her the video of the incident.

     

    Reacting on his Twitter handle, music producer, Ofem, narrated how his friend’s 10-year-old daughter was gang-raped by her fellow students, who recorded and shared it on Instagram.

     

    “Just got off the phone with a friend of mine. His 10-year-old daughter was selected to represent her school at the World School Games in Dubai. His daughter was raped by fellow students, videotaped and posted on Instagram and the school concealed it for a month.

     

    “He found out on his own when another parent called his wife and showed his wife the video of his 10-year-old daughter being circulated on Instagram. I have spent the last 1 hour listening to confessional statements by some teachers and I am begging this should rather be a dream,” Ofem tweeted.

     

    In an updated post on his Twitter, Franklin alleged the school took the girl from the parents claiming that they wanted to conduct COVID-19 test but rather took her for pregnancy test.

     

    However, in a twist, the school management suspended the 10-year-old pupil and the male students for taking part in a truth-or-dare game in Dubai.

     

    A statement dated April 14, 2022, by the head teacher of Chrisland School, Mrs. G.I. Azike, read: “It was discovered that your daughter was involved in an improper behaviour during the recently concluded World School Games in Dubai, with a few of her counterparts willfully participated in a game they called ‘Truth or Dare’, a game which led her and few other co-learners to carry out immoral act after the lights out instruction was given.”

     

    Azike said a full-scale investigation has been conducted and parents of the culpable students have been informed of the necessary punishment meted out on those involved.

     

    She said: “The parents gave their full cooperation, realizing the need to work with the school so that the learners can be corrected and be of expected proper behavior henceforth.

     

    “However, in the course of the school’s efforts to see how best we can help who was a major participant in the whole incident, every effort to inform you as her parent about the incident and ensure that this improper behavior is permanently corrected has proved to be futile.”

     

    The head teacher said the school cannot condone such misconduct and that the girl is placed on indefinite suspension ‘’until you as the parents ensure that she is punished, adequately counseled and rehabilitated.’’

     

    In a swift reaction, the mother of a 10-year-old pupil has cried out to Nigerians for help after discovering that her child was raped during a trip to Dubai for a competition, which was organized by the school.

     

    “A parent called me that she needed to see me urgently. I went to her house and she told me that something had been trending in Chrisland and she believes I was not aware. The woman showed me the video and told me that all the parents are aware. Immediately I informed my husband.

     

    “Please I am begging Nigerians to help me because Chrisland was trying to hide this issue. They were trying to push us out of the way and my daughter was affected psychologically. Please I need help as a mother. I am begging fellow Nigerians to help me.

     

    “They have been threatening my daughter that if she speaks out they are going to kill her. That it is a man’s world and nothing would happen. My daughter was dying in silence,” she stated.

     

    According to her, after they confronted the school about the assault, the school suspended the daughter. “Because we have started confronting them that we are aware of what they did, the school sent her a suspension letter.

     

    “When my daughter explained to me what happened, she said that they went out in the morning to have breakfast and one of the boys, Kachi, begged her to borrow him her phone charger which she obliged. After they had dinner, Kachi called her room that she should come and take her charger. She went there for her charger.

     

    “When she got into the room, one of them said she should take her charger from the toilet it was when she entered the toilet, that they hijacked her and told her to take a substance, so they were all under the influence. She said after that she did not know what she was doing again. They told her to be climbing them and someone stood there videoing them and posting it out,” she narrated in the video.

     

    Meanwhile, The Police Command in Lagos State has said it had begun an investigation into the alleged viral rape video purportedly depicting students of Chrisland School, Lagos.

     

    Spokesman for the command, Benjamin Hundey, in a statement said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Alabi, ordered the investigation.

     

    Hundey quoted the police boss as saying that the investigation would establish the identities of the players in the video, the true incident in the video, and its geographical location.

     

    The investigation would also cover the alleged threat to life against a student of the school and circumstances surrounding the alleged repeated pregnancy tests conducted on a student without parental consent.

     

    “The attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to an alleged rape video purportedly depicting students of Chrisland School, Lagos, going viral on social media. The command is equally taking cognizance of the cybercrime angle to the whole episode and will not hesitate to enlist the support of the Interpol should the need arises. For a holistic and unbiased investigation, the command shall be working with relevant ministries, departments, agencies, and non-governmental organizations,” he said.

     

    He gave the assurance that due diligence would be observed to ensure that there was no miscarriage of justice.

     

    Recall that a 47-year-old Chrisland School supervisor allegedly defiled an under-aged pupil. The minor was two years and 11-months at the time the alleged defilement occurred in 2016 at the VGC branch of the school.

  • Chrisland School saga: International charity seeks comprehensive protection for kids

    Chrisland School saga: International charity seeks comprehensive protection for kids

    An international charity has urge states in Nigeria to domesticate the Child’s Rights Act forthwith, to give maximum protection to kids following the Chrisland School sex tape saga.

    IA-Foundation, a London-based charity, which is active in Nigeria made the call while reacting to the latest Chrisland School scandal, involving pupils of the school in faraway Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

    The Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, who spoke on the issue in a telephone interview with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday described the sex tape saga as totally embarrassing.

    Nigeria enacted a Child’s Rights Act in 2003 but nine states in the country, including Adamawa, Borno, Bauch, Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Yobe, Kano and Zamfara have yet to domesticate the Act.

    In a viral video, a 10-year-old female pupil of Chrisland School was seen involved in sexual acts with some male pupils of the school during a trip to Dubai for the World School Games, held from March 8 to March 14 this year.

    The development prompted the Lagos State Government to shut down Chrisland Schools in the state, drafting the police to delve into the matter.

    Condemning the alleged involvement of the school kids in sex acts, Adeagbo said that every Nigerian school should promptly put child protection policies in place to ensure adequate protection of pupils while in the confines of schools.

    “We use this opportunity to dissuade parents from giving their children and wards unfettered access to the internet.

    “We also commend the Lagos State Government for swinging into action by opening up inquiry into the incident.’’

    Adeagbo, however, appealed for immediate re-opening of the school, saying that further delay would affect the education of other pupils of the school, who had been forced to stay out of school because of the closure of their school.

    “IA-Foundation also calls on government at all levels to invest heavily in safeguarding children while in school by ensuring that teachers are given regular training on child-protection policies,’’ she said.

    Chrisland School, located at Victoria Garden City, a highbrow community in Lekki, Lagos, is no stranger to sex scandals, involving pupils of the school.

    Three years ago, a supervisor in the school, Adegboyega Adenekan, was jailed 60 years for defiling a two-year-old child in the school.

  • Tonto Dikeh calls for donations to remove Chrisland’s student erotic video from internet

    Tonto Dikeh calls for donations to remove Chrisland’s student erotic video from internet

    Popular Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has urged colleagues and fans to donate towards an outrageous price to remove the Chrisland’s students erotic video from the internet, as she volunteers to donate N500,000.

    Recall that days ago, an alleged erotical video of some Chrisland students who went to represent their school in a competition in Dubai, went viral.

    Tonto has offered to removed the video from the internet and restrict it from future uploads.

    Tonto wrote:

    “I have been in touch with someone who can get this video off the net for good! The price is outrageous. @ubifranklinofficial.

    “I will donate 500 thousand naira only and we can push this to concerned fans and children advocator to contribute or the parents can work it up.

    “Which ever way, the first step is trying to heal these kids. And work on how to punish the school for it’s involvement in the cover up and neglect.”

    She added:

    “If we want to help, we can start from here!! @officalthetontodikehfoundation. Chrisland school can also Pay it off, that’s the least they can do NOW.

    “Yes it may be on people’s phone but YOU CANT GOGGLE IT and MAY NOT BE ABLE TO UPLOAD EVER AGAIN Without alerting the authorities once posted Again.”

  • CHRISLAND VIDEO: How my 10yrs daughter was raped – Mother narrates what victim told her

    CHRISLAND VIDEO: How my 10yrs daughter was raped – Mother narrates what victim told her

    Mother of 10-year-old female student of Chrisland School, seen in a sexual act with her male colleagues, have narrated how her daughter was allegedly raped as she went for her phone charger in a room.

    In her words: “When my daughter explained to me what happened, she said that they went out in the morning to have breakfast and one of the boys, Kachi, begged her to borrow him her phone charger which she obliged.

     

    “After they had dinner, Kachi called her room that she should come and take her charger. She went there for her charger.

     

    “When she got into the room, one of them said she should take her charger from the toilet, it was when she entered the toilet, that they hijacked her and told her to take a substance, so they were all under the influence.

     

    “She said after, she did not know what she was doing again. They told her to be climbing them and someone stood there videoing them and posting it out,” victim’s mother explained.

     

    She said her child was raped during a school trip to Dubai which was organised by Chrisland School.

     

    According to the viral video which was posted on the Instagram page of a music executive, Ubi Franklin, the woman stated that while her daughter was being raped, some filmed the incident and posted it online.

     

    She claimed that the school tried to cover up the incident till another parent drew her attention to it.

     

    The aggrieved mother claimed that the school threatened to kill her daughter if she ever spoke about the incident.

     

    “A parent called me that she needed to see me urgently. I went to her house and she told me that something had been trending in Chrisland and she believes I was not aware.

     

    “The woman showed me the video and told me that all the parents are aware. Immediately I informed my husband.

     

    “Please I am begging Nigerians to help me because Chrisland was trying to hide this issue. They were trying to push us out of the way and my daughter was affected psychologically. Please I need help as a mother. I am begging fellow Nigerians to help me.

     

    “They have been threatening my daughter that if she speaks out they are going to kill her. That it is a man’s world and nothing would happen. My daughter was dying in silence,” she said.