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Whitney Adeniran: Prosecution tenders 3 documents against Chrisland staff as father testifies
Lagos State Government on Thursday tendered three documents in evidence against four staff of Chrisland Schools, charged with involuntary manslaughter of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran.
Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Belinda Amao and Vicoria Nwatu are standing trial on a two-count charge of involuntary manslaughter and reckless negligent acts.
They are charged before an Ikeja High Court but pleaded not guilty.
Whitney allegedly slumped and died during the school’s inter-house sports at Agege Stadium on Feb. 9.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Dr Babajide Martins, tendered the documents while leading Whitney’s father, Mr Adeyemi Adeniran, in evidence.
Justice Oyindamola Ogala admitted the documents in evidence as there was no objection from defence counsel.
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The documents are a medical report from Agege Central Hospital, a medical report from Inland Hospital, Lagos, and a printout of a screenshot of conversations from a snapchat group page entitled “Lagos Housewives”.
The father of the deceased, a businessman, told the court that his daughter left his house on Feb. 9 hale and hearty for the school’s inter-house sports.
He said that his wife was at the inter-house sports but was not informed that her daughter had been taken to hospital when the alleged incident occurred.
He said: “My wife called me and said she was told that Whitney slumped and had been rushed to a hospital.
“She said that the principal of the school told her that Whitney was already coming up before she left to the hospital.
“I told my wife to go and check up on her at the hospital and, if need be, she should let me know so that I could be there.
“After 10 minutes, she called back and said, ‘Start coming to Agege Central Hospital.’”
Adeyemi testified that he left everything he was doing and proceeded to Agege.
“It took me about 45 minutes to locate the place because it could not be found on Google Map.
“Eventually, when I arrived, I saw my wife by the roadside, she waved at me to stop.
“I got out of the car and told my personal assistant to leave the car on so as to quickly pick her (Whitney) up and take her to our family hospital at Ogudu.
“My wife told me to go inside and pray for my daughter, maybe she would wake up. I got inside, I saw her lifeless body on a table in a small room,” he said.
The witness said that he thought that his daughter was given an injection and was sleeping.
“In that room, I saw some teachers; so I went close to my daughter. I raised her up to my body, shouted and tapped her to wake up.
“I prayed but nothing happened. I shouted, I tapped her severally, nothing happened.
“I asked for the doctor of the facility. I knelt down before the doctor to do whatever she could to wake my daughter up but she responded that there is nothing she could do,” he told the court.
Adeyemi quoted the doctor as saying that Whitney was brought in dead.
“I stood up and went back to the room where she was laid, while the school nurse was still standing close to her.
“I asked the nurse what happened to Whitney, and she told me she slumped.
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“She said my daughter died at the stadium before she was brought to the hospital but she could not pronounce her dead because she was not a medical doctor,” he added.
He also testified that the doctor later came and told him that she would like to see him privately.
“The doctor told me that she would advise me not to waste time in burying my daughter.
“She really persuaded me. The principal and the school nurse were present.
“She said I should make sure I bury her in time and not put her in morgue and that I should not think of conducting any autopsy on her.
“I nearly agreed at a point because I did not know morgue and I had never bought a coffin.”
He told the court that the day before Whitney’s death, he played with her and she was hale and hearty.
“So I started asking myself why I should bury my daughter in a hurry without knowing what happen to her.
“The doctor told me to think of the money and the pain I would go through in the process of autopsy but I asked her, ‘What pain is worse than death of a child?’”
He said that he decided to find out the cause of is daughter’s death.
Adeyemi said that later, his wife heard some noise from Whitney phone but she did not know the phone’s password.
“My sister-in-law, Amaka, knows the password; so she opened the phone and messages started dropping from her snapchat group called ‘Lagos Housewives’.
“Some students sent messages there, saying that they knew the school would not tell the parents the truth.
“One of the students said, ‘We were there and we saw what happened. She was electrocuted.
“Another one said, ‘I saw Whitney on the iron rail close to the candy machine. The wire of the machine shocked like mad, she fell on the ground, started foaming in her mouth, and one stupid man came and started putting water on her.’
“At that time, I remembered her black lips and black tongue I saw when I saw her lifeless body at the clinic,” the witness said.
The witness further told the court that members of the school’s management came on a condolence visit and told the family not to go on social media.
“I spoke with the principal and she told me that the cause of her death might have been heart attack but I do not believe her because the autopsy result says otherwise and my suspicion was that it might have been electrocution.
“This is because I have seen people electrocuted,” he said.
The judge adjourned the case until June 1 for continuation of cross-examination of the witness. (NAN)
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Defamation: Court orders arrest of prophet, two others
Defamation: Court orders arrest of prophet, two others
Justice Olaolu Olanipekun of Oyo State Magistrates’ Court 7 sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has issued a warrant for the arrest of a prophet of a Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) church, Ojo Amos (aka Elewuogbo).
Elewuogbo is on trial for alleged defamation of character of the Founder of One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji.
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Elewuogbo and a Lagos-based blogger, Gbenga Asabe, had, through publications, accused Maharaj Ji of selling human body parts for money rituals.
The court also granted request for consolidation of the cases against Elewuogbo and Asabe brought by Maharaj Ji’s counsel, Dapo Akinosi.
Akinosi prayed the court that since the facts were related, they should be merged. The court granted the application and adjourned the case till April 30.
Defamation: Court orders arrest of prophet, two others
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Students drag university to court over payment of registration fees
Students drag university to court over payment of registration fees
Three students of one of the universities in northern part of the country, Al-qalam University, Katsina, have dragged the institution to a High Court in Katsina over payment of registration fees.
The applicants, Hauwa’u Sani-Barda, Rabi’atu Sani-Barda and Hafsat Sani-Barda, all students of the respondent, got admission in 2018 and 2019, and graduated in 2022 and 2023.
They, however, claimed that the respondents had refused to mobilise them for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), because they had not settled all fees due to the institution.
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During the proceedings on Thursday, the applicants’ counsel, Muhammad Mukhtar-Lawal, told the court that his clients had filed an exparte motion in pursuance to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).
Mukhtar-Lawal said that the application sought the leave of the court to apply for judicial review.
After the counsel’s submission, the judge, Justice Abbas Bawale, said that the applicants should have filed a motion on notice.
Bawale, however, granted a leave order to the applicants to apply for judicial review by way of mandamus.
He said after that, processes would be served on the university and enable the court to hear the case.
Students drag university to court over payment of registration fees
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NAFDAC busts fake Eva water factory, arrests suspect
NAFDAC busts fake Eva water factory, arrests suspect
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has exposed a counterfeit bottled water operation in Port Harcourt, specifically targeting the renowned brand Eva water.
Following a tipoff, NAFDAC officials conducted a raid on a derelict shop situated on Pipeline Road, Eneka.
The establishment disguised as a pool house and served as the hub for producing the fraudulent water.
During the operation, authorities discovered that used Eva plastic bottles were being refilled with contaminated water sourced from a paint bucket.
The water was then filtered through unhygienic rubber funnels covered with cloth.
Counterfeit Eva labels were affixed to the bottles, which were subsequently sealed with fake Eva corks.
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One suspect, identified as Chibunna James, was apprehended while in the process of loading the adulterated water for distribution. However, the mastermind behind the operation remains at large.
The confiscated products were promptly evacuated to the NAFDAC office for further investigation and analysis.
Cyril Monye, NAFDAC’s Public Relations Officer for Rivers State, disclosed that the scheme of the perpetrators involved repackaging contaminated water in used Eva bottles, employing makeshift filters made from unsanitary materials, and applying fake labels and corks to deceive consumers.
While efforts are underway to locate and apprehend the ringleader of the syndicate, NAFDAC urges the public to provide any relevant information that could aid in their apprehension.
Furthermore, Monye revealed that thirty packs of the counterfeit products were confiscated and transported to the NAFDAC office in Port Harcourt for thorough investigation. To prevent the circulation of the counterfeit water, the uncorked bottles were emptied and disposed of.
NAFDAC busts fake Eva water factory, arrests suspect
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