Chrisland : Whitney Omodesola Adeniran was Electrocuted
By Ifeoma Ikem
Following the controversy surrounding the death of Whitney Adeniran,a student of Chrisland School, in Opebi, Ikeja Lagos State, who died during a sporting event at Agege Stadium on Thursday, there has been a revelation that Adediran was electrocuted at a popcorn stand.
Saharaweekly correspondent gathered that the 12 year old girl who went to a popcorn stand with her friend to buy popcorn mistakingly stepped on an electrical cable that connects to the popcorn machine and was electrocuted.
It was gathered that immediately she was electrocuted and was struggling for breath, those who were present at the scene started pouring water on her body instead of administering first aid treatment.
Recall that 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 with first aid at the scene of the incident.
Dr Micheal Adeyemi Adeniran, the father of the girl emphatically said that his girl had no pre-existing heart condition despite the doctor’s allusion to a cardiac arrest.
He called on all well meaning Nigerians to come to her aide.
“I got the biggest shock of my life on Thursday February 16, about 1pm in the afternoon when my wife called that she was informed that our daughter slumped at the inter house sport and she was rushed to the clinic.
“My wife was at the venue even before the event started, she was never informed or called upon untill they had conveyed our child out of the venue before they informed her.
“On the arrival of my wife at the health center where they took my daughter to, 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 12year old daughter lying dead,I asked on what happened to my daughter and the school authority could not provide information as to what happened to my child in their care.
“I gave Chrisland school a healthy vibrant young girl but what Chrisland returned to me was 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 knew was that my daughter slumped and died.
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.
