The Lagos State Government has closed a school where a two-year-old girl, Ela Ogbodu, d!ed.
The mother of the girl, Rapheala Ogbodo, had on January 15, gone on social media to demand answers about her baby who was said to have drowned in the school’s swimming pool.
She explained that her daughter, a student of Smiley Kids Montessori, in Sangotedo, Lagos State, went to school healthy but did not return alive.
She added that she was told her daughter drowned. However, she alleged that she discovered the child was electrocuted but they put the body in the pool to make it look like drowning.
Following her outcry, the Lagos State Safety Commission said its officials, the Office of Education Quality Assurance, and the Ministry of Education visited the accident scene “to conduct a preliminary investigation and ascertain the root cause of the unfortunate incident.
“While the school is presently under lock pending further investigation, the State Government extends its deepest condolences to the family of the victim and expresses its commitment to preventing future occurrences,” a statement from the agency read.
The Director-General of the Safety Commission Lanre Mojola said, “Further information would be made available upon completion of investigations into the accident.”
Mojola maintained that “school owners and caregivers must comply with safety regulations to prevent accidents in the state.”
