The Coroner’s Inquest set up by the Lagos State government to probe the circumstances which led to the death of the 12-year-old student of Chrisland International School, Whitney Adeniran, has fixed April 4 for the commencement of the hearing of the matter.
The Coroner, Magistrate Olabisi Fajana, sitting at the Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba, fixed the date after entertaining submissions from lawyers to all the parties on Monday.
The deceased died on February 9, 2023, during the school’s inter-house sports activities at the Agege Stadium.
At yesterday’s proceedings, the counsel to the deceased family, Femi Falana (SAN), informed the Coroner that he could not file a witness statement as instructed by the Magistrate at the last adjourned date.
Falana stated that the Magistrate Registry refused to process the enrolling of the witness statement because there is no provision for filling of Coroner processes on the e-filing platform.
He, therefore, urged Magistrate Fajana to…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
