Whitney Adeniran: Lagos to charge Chrisland school, others with involuntary manslaughter

The Lagos State Government says a case of involuntary mansl@ughter in addition to reckless and negligent acts has been established against Chrisland School, some members of staff and a vendor in the d£ath of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran.

Recall that Adeniran sl¥mped during her school’s inter-house sport on February 9 and an autopsy later revealed that she died from Asphyxia and electrocution.

The Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, in a statement on Friday, March 24, said: “On the 9th of February 2023, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran a Student of Chrisland High School, Ikeja aged 12 years, sl¥mped during the Inter-house Sports organised by the School at the Agege Sports Stadium and was subsequently rushed to Agege Central Hospital, Agege, Lagos, where she was confirmed “brought in d£ad” (BID) by the doctor on duty