The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to charge Chrisland School, some members of staff and a vendor to court in the death of a student, Whitney Adeniran for involuntary manslaughter, and reckless and negligent acts.
The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo through the Director of Public Affairs Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Mrs Grace Alo, in a statement on Friday, said the suspects would be charged with the offences contrary to Sections 224 and 251 of the Criminal Law, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The case was referred to the Nigerian Police, which conducted a thorough investigation with the help of other agencies.
“The file was subsequently forwarded to the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) office on March 20 for the duplicate case file review.
“On March 23, the DPP issued his legal advice and came to the conclusion that a prima facie case of involuntary manslaughter and reckless and negligent acts had been established against the school.
“Some members of staff and one of the vendors will therefore be charged with the offences contrary to sections 224 and 251of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015,” said the statement.
It added that information would be filed per the legal advice issued by the DPP and certified true copies of the legal advice are available on the ministry of justice website (www.lagosstatemoj.org.)
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Feb.9, the deceased slumped 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 dead” (BID) by the doctor on duty.
NAN also reports that the state had on March 2 said the post-mortem report issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital showed the cause of the death was asphyxia and electrocution.
(NAN)
