The Lagos commissioner said the findings of the inquest would be made public in due course and appropriate sanctions meted out to anyone found culpable.
By Jeffrey Agbo
A coroner’s inquest will be carried out to find out how 12-year-old Whitney Adeniran, a student of Chrisland High School, died during the school’s inter-house sports held at Agege Stadium in Lagos.
Ms Adeniran’s death last Thursday shook the entire nation as another one of the many controversies involving the school.
In a statement on Monday, Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) said a thorough investigation would be carried out to ascertain the cause of her death.
He added that findings of the investigation would be made public in due course and appropriate sanctions meted out to anyone found culpable.
“A coroner’s inquest has immediately been requested in line with sections 14 and 15 of the Coroners’ Systems Law, Laws of Lagos State 2015, to determine the cause and circumstances of death.
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“By Section 14(1)(d) of the Coroners’ System Law of the State, “a report of death shall be made to any of the agencies for the report of death or the office of the Coroner and be subject to post-mortem examination where there is reasonable cause to believe that the cause of death was: violent, unnatural or suspicious.
“Section 15(1) and (9) further enjoins the Coroner to hold an inquest whenever he or she is informed that the death of the deceased person was in a violent, unnatural or suspicious situation or believes an inquest is desirable following the report of a reportable death,” he said.
The commissioner noted that the government places utmost importance on the security and well-being of citizens while assuring the public that everything would be done to ensure that the cause of death is known.