The Lagos government has ordered the closure of a Chrisland
School over the death of a student.
Whitney Adeniran, a student of Chrisland’s Opebi Ikeja
branch, died during a sports event on February 9.
Blessing, the deceased’s mother, accused Chrisland of
negligence as her family continued questioning the school.
She said the school made no provision for emergency response
at the event, hence didn’t administer first aid.
The mother said the girl had no pre-existing heart condition
despite the doctor’s allusion to a cardiac arrest.
But Folasade Adefisayo, Lagos education commissioner, says
the school is now closed, pending an 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”, the commissioner
stated.
Earlier while reacting to public criticism following the
12-year-old student’s death, the management at Chrisland School said Whitney
had reported “not-too-buoyant” health on January 20, contrary to claims by her
parents.
The school said it opted to take Whitney 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 institution had
added.
This is not the first time Chrisland School Lagos would be
at the centre of a crisis involving one of its students.
In mid-2022, four teachers were arraigned after a sex tape
by Chrisland pupils surfaced online during an outing.
In 2019, an ex-staffer of the Chrisland in VGC bagged a
60-year jail term for defiling a two-year-old girl in 2016.
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