Chrisland Student Slumps, Dies During Inter-House Sports, Parent Calls For Probe

A bereaved father has called for a probe into the circumstances surrounding his daughter's untimely demise after she slumped during her school's inter-house sports competition.

Michael Adeniran, the father of Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old student of Chrisland International School student, Opebi branch, revealed that she died on Thursday at the Agege Stadium, which the school used for its sporting activities.

He disclosed that his child was not sick and had no health issues when the school bus picked her up for the event.

According to him, the school did not inform his wife (who was present at the event) immediately after tragedy struck.

“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.

Whitney Adeniran with her father

“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 centre where they took my daughter, my daughter was lying dead with her lips black and her tongue black.

“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”, he shared.