A deputy director with the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Jubril Yakubu yesterday, told the state high court in Ikeja that the Agege Stadium where the 12-year-old Chrisland School student Whitney Adediran allegedly died has no emergency facilities.
Yakubu, a witness in the ongoing trial of Chrisland School and four others over the tragic incident, told the trial judge, Justice Oyindamola Ogala, that the stadium does not need an emergency facility.
The state government had dragged Chrisland School Limited and its principal, vice principal and two employees before the court on a two-count charge of Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless and Nnegligent Acts contrary to Sections 224 & 251 of the Criminal Law, C17, Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015
Those arraigned before the court are Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Mrs Belinda Amao, Nwatu Ugochi Victoria, and Chrisland School Limited.
The prosecution alleged that the defendants, on February 9, 2023, at about 1 pm, at the Agege Sports Stadium, Agege, Lagos, in the Ikeja Judicial Division, killed one Adeniran Omodesola Whitney by acting recklessly and negligently that, endangered the deceased life.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The witness, while cross-examined by the third defendant’s counsel, Olukayode Enitan (SAN), told the court that the government owns and manages sports facilities in the state.
When asked if it was part of the work of the Sports Commission to establish and make sure there are proper medical facilities to treat emergencies, he responded, “No.”
