Following the death of 12-year-old Whitney Adeniran, about 26,500 people have signed a petition against Chrisland school on Monday.
The petition was generated by Whitney’s father, Michael Adeyemi Adeniran, who was also the first to break the news of his daughter’s death online.
The petition which was titled, “Justice For My Daughter Whitney Omodesola Adeniran. All Parent Pay Attention,” have received wide approval as thousands have signed and shared the link.
Out of 35,000 signatures needed for the petition, so far only 26,500 have signed.
FULL STATEMENT OF THE PETITION
“Good day Nigerians. This is a call to all well-meaning Nigerians to come to my aid. All bloggers, all media and all government agencies; Ministry of Justice, DSS and every intelligence Agency. All human rights activists. This is a call to all of you. If you are reading this information, kindly come to my aid.
“My wife was at the venue even before she started. She was never informed or called until they had conveyed our child out of the venue before they informed her. On arrival of my wife at the health centre where they took my daughter, my daughter was lying dead with her lips black and her tongue black.
“My wife called me urgently; I left my office to the place and found my 12-year-old daughter lying dead on the ground. I asked questions for what happened to my daughter and the school authority could not get me any information as to what happened to my child in their care.”
“My entire family is in deep sorrow but the school authorities claimed they know nothing about my daughter’s death and all they know is that my daughter slumped and died,” Adeniran stated.
“For the general information of the public, Chrisland school held such a magnificent event without a simple fully equipped Ambulance, no paramedics, medical personnel or no safety corps, no paramedic except a school quack nurse who later confess to me that the child died even at the stadium but she cannot pronounce her dead because she is not a doctor.
“My question is what happened to my daughter at the Agege stadium? As a father, I demand answers from Chrisland international high school. I am in deep pain and sorrow right now. If you are a father, you will understand my pain. My daughter is highly loved by us. We cherished her existence and we can never allow an institution to gloss over the death of our daughter.
“Since we started asking this question. The school has been asking us to back down from autopsy and I know they know their way into the system.
“I am calling on the pathology department of @lasuth to please be honest with their result. Lagos state government, Nigeria Government, please intervene.”