BREAKING: Four-year-old boy dies in Abuja school, parents suspect foul play

Tragedy struck at BrickHall Schools located in the Cadastral
Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja on Wednesday, when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel
Ovoke, died during the school’s feeding hours.

According to the death certificate dated April 24, 2024,
issued by Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja, which was sighted by our
correspondent, Ovoke was brought to the hospital 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 said upon examination, the medical team found
that the boy’s pupils were fixed and dilated, with a nonreactive response to
light.

His peripheral pulses were said to be “impalpable, blood
pressure was unrecordable, and there was no cardiopulmonary activity or
respiratory excursions, silent chest.”