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Home»Current Affairs»Chrisland School Granted Permission To Conduct Independent Autopsy On Whitney Adeniran
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Chrisland School Granted Permission To Conduct Independent Autopsy On Whitney Adeniran

Biyi LawrenceBy Biyi LawrenceApril 5, 20233 Mins Read
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Magistrate Olabisi Fajana has granted Chrisland School the permission to engage an independent forensic pathologist to conduct another autopsy on the remains of a 12-year-old pupil, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran.

The Magistrate granted the permission on Tuesday while ruling on an application filed by Chrisland School, seeking leave to access some items obtained from the corpse of the deceased.

The school said this will enable it to consult with the independent forensic pathologist and to allow the consultant to testify accurately on his findings before the court.

Through its lawyer, Olukayode Enitan (SAN), the school told the coroner that the request was made because its representative pathologist, Olugbenga Oyewole, only attended the initial autopsy carried out by the government as an observer and did not carry out any tests or dealt with any samples.

Counsel to the State Govt, Akin George, and the counsel to the family of the deceased, Femi Falana (SAN), did not object to the application.

George, however, applied orally that the court should order that the State Pathologist must be in attendance during the consultation as an observer at the cost of the Applicant.

The counsel to the deceased’s family aligned with the submissions made by the State.

The items ordered to be released to the applicant are the paraffin block of the skin sample and slides from which the diagnosis of electrocution was made, the samples of the urine, blood, and other body fluid collected at autopsy, samples of bone and muscle taken from the deceased for independent DNA analysis.

Other items are all photographs taken during the conduct of the autopsy, copies of any other working samples and documents made in the course of the autopsy, and the result of all toxicology tests conducted.

The coroner also ordered that the Chief Medical Examiner of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) or an officer assigned by him shall be present while transmitting the listed items for the consultation of the independent forensic pathologist of the school.

The court also directed that the consultation by the independent forensic pathologist shall be carried out within Lagos state and that the Pathologist of the deceased’s family shall be granted access as an observer during the consultation.

Magistrate Fajana further held that all the items should be returned to the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State (LASUTH) after the close of the forensic consultation by the independent forensic pathologist and Chrisland School is to bear the cost of the safe transmission of the listed items to the venue of the forensic consultation and back to LASUTH.

On 9 February, Chrisland School, Ikeja organized an inter-house Sport at the Agege Sports Stadium for its students, and during the event, Whitney was said to have slumped at the stadium.

She was given first aid by the nurse on standby and was subsequently rushed to Agege Central Hospital, Agege, Lagos where she was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.

A nine-paged autopsy report conducted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja put the cause of death as asphyxia and electrocution.

On 31 March, the Lagos State Government arraigned the school, its principal, vice principal, and two others before the State High Court in Ikeja on a two-count charge of involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless and Negligent Acts contrary to Sections 224 & 251 of the Criminal Law, C17, Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

Those docked before the court for the alleged offence are Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Mrs Belinda Amao, Nwatu Ugochi Victoria, and Chrisland School Limited.

The defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Chrisland Schools Magistrate Olabisi Fajana Olukayode Enitan Whitney Adeniran
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