BREAKING: Tragedy as 4 year old Boy Dies in Abuja School Amid Suspicion of Foul Play

TheTalk.NG journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering public journalism in Nigeria.

FCT, Abuja – A four-year-old pupil of BrickHall Schools, Abuja, Miguel Ovoke, has died under controversial circumstances.

As reported by The Punch on Thursday morning, April 25, the boy died within the school’s premises at the learning institute located in Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in the nation’s capital.

Ovoke’s death allegedly occurred during the school’s feeding hours.

According to the death certificate dated Wednesday, April 24, 2024, issued by Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja, Ovoke was brought to the facility by his teachers around 11 am in an unconscious state.

The medical report, signed by Dr. Akinwande Ajayi, on behalf of the medical director, indicated that he was brought in, “on account of aspiration on meat while feeding at school.”

The hospital stated that upon examination, its medical team found that the boy’s peripheral pulses were “impalpable, blood pressure was unrecordable, and there was no cardiopulmonary activity or respiratory excursions, silent chest.”

The report indicated that all efforts of the medical team to resuscitate him failed.

The report concluded that he was “Brought in Dead.”

Deceased Abuja pupil: Parents displeased

Meanwhile, it was gathered that the parents of the deceased suspect foul play. They have allegedly contacted a lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, to seek justice.

Attempts to get the reaction of the school authorities were unsuccessful as of the time of this report.

More to follow…

Source: TheTalk.NG

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