Whitney: Court Grants Chrisland School Permission To Conduct Independent Autopsy
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The coroner inquiring into the cause of death of a 12-year-old pupil, Whitney Adeniran, on April 04, 2023, gave the Chrisland International School, Lagos, to conduct an independent autopsy on Whitney’s corpse.
In his ruling on the request filed by Chrisland Management to consult an independent pathologist on items obtained from the corpse by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), the Magistrate Olabisi Fajana, granted the permission, directing the hospital authorities to provide the materials needed for the examination.
The court listed the requested items to include Skin Sample, blood, body fluids as well as slides from which the diagnosis of electrocution was made.
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Other items need to conduct an autopsy on Whitney were bone samples and muscle collected from the deceased as well as urine samples.
The Magistrate, however, directed that LASUTH Chief Medical Examiner to provide all the items to the applicant’s pathologist’s laboratory on the day of forensic consultation.
Fajana, who said the autopsy would be conducted under the supervision of LASUTH Chief Medical Examiner, added that the parents of the deceased would also be on ground.
It could be recalled that the father of Whitney Adeniran, who died on February 09, 2023, during the school’s inter-house sports at Agege stadium, Lagos, had taken it to the public, demanding to know the cause of her daughter’s death, alleging that Whitney was hale and hearty.
Meanwhile, they are expected to testify in the case on April 17, 2023, as the State Counsel, Akin George, gave his consent to the application.