Lagos State Government said it would oppose the exhumation of the corpse of Miss Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old student of Chrisland Schools, Opebi, Lagos, who died during the school’s inter-house sports, in February.
The government made the disclosure in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs in the state’s Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Grace Alo, on Saturday in Lagos.
The government said that the ministry of justice was aware of an ongoing dialogue about an alleged plan to exhume the body of the student of which an official communication in that respect is yet to be received by the ministry.
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However, the government said that it would oppose such a request if and when received.
Reports have it that a post-mortem issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on March 1 about the student revealed the cause of her death as electrocution and asphyxia, a breathing impairment that occurs when there is insufficient oxygen in the body
The student died during Chrisland Schools inter-house sports on Feb. 9 at Agege Stadium, Lagos State.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
