JUST IN: Four-year-old boy dies in Abuja school, parents suspect foul play.
A catastrophy befell on Wednesday at BrickHall Schools located in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, give up the ghost during the school’s feeding hours.
According to information gathered through death certificate dated 24th April, 2024, issued by Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja, which was sighted by our correspondent, Ovoke was rushed to the hospital by his teachers around 11 am in an unconscious state.
The report further disclosed that he was brought in, “on account of aspiration on meat while feeding at school.”
In the information revealed at hospital after examination, the medical team found that the boy’s / pupils were fixed and dilated, with a nonreactive response to light.
“His peripheral pulses was impalpable, blood pressure was unrecordable, and there was no cardiopulmonary activity or respiratory excursions, silent chest.”
The report disclosed that all efforts of the medical team to resuscitate him failed.
The medical report concluded that he was “Brought in Dead.”
Thenewskingdom learnt that the parents of the deceased, suspecting foul play, have contacted a lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, to handle the case on their behalf.
Adeyanju confirmed the development to our correspondent on Thursday.
All attempts to get the reaction of the school authorities as of the time of filing this report have not yielded any favourable result.
Up till moment, the school has not respond to an email sent to its known email address.
