The Lagos State Government has ordered a postmortem examination following the deaths of nine-month-old identical twins, Testimony and Timothy Alozie, who reportedly died about 24 hours after receiving routine immunisation at a primary health care centre in the state.
The tragic incident drew public attention after the twins’ father, Samuel Alozie, popularly known on TikTok as Promise Samuel, shared emotional videos online showing the bodies of his sons in separate body bags while recounting the events leading to their deaths.
In a follow-up video posted on Thursday, January 15, Alozie said he took the twins for routine immunisation on the morning of December 24, 2025. According to him, the children became unusually weak shortly after receiving the injections.
“They could not eat, they could not play, they could not even disturb like they used to. They were just weak,” he said.
Alozie explained that a nurse at the facility advised them to administer paracetamol if the twins developed a fever.
Despite giving the medication and bathing the children in cold water, their condition reportedly worsened. Both children died on the morning of December 25, barely a day after the immunisation.
He maintained that the twins had been healthy before the visit and had received all routine vaccinations from birth without complications. He also noted that the nurse who administered the injections was not the regular health worker who usually attended to his children.
The grieving father rejected preliminary suggestions from the health centre that the deaths might have resulted from food-related bacteria, describing the explanation as unacceptable.
He has also expressed fears that the investigation could be compromised and appealed publicly for legal and human-rights support.
Reacting to the incident, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board, Dr Ibrahim Mustafa, confirmed that investigations were ongoing and that a postmortem had been ordered.
“We sympathise with the family and understand their pain. However, it is important that proper investigations are carried out. The police are involved, and the state is also conducting its own inquiry,” Mustafa said.
He added that the bodies had been deposited at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) morgue and assured that the findings of the postmortem would be made public.
“This particular vaccine has been administered to many children before and after this incident without any reported complications,” he stated.
The case has sparked intense public debate, with many Nigerians calling for transparency, accountability, and reassurance on the safety of routine childhood immunisation.
