There are indications that the Lagos State Police may likely conduct an autopsy to ascertain whether Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of David Adeleke and Chioma Rowland actually died as a result of drowning in a swimming pool at his father’s residence in Lagos.
As a standard practice of the police to conduct autopsies on murder cases, this one may not be an exception except the family refuses.
According to police sources, “though the family members are not saying anything yet, because they are still in shock, but until anybody says stop, the standard procedure is to conduct an autopsy and we are going to follow that procedure, just like in any case of death.”
Furthermore, the nanny was held back in custody because she had the sole duty of catering for the toddler who was kept in her care by his parents, but she failed at it. The police further revealed that the chef is being held back because according to the nanny’s statement, they both were with the boy before the sad incident occured.
“It was the work of the nanny to take care of the child (Ifeanyi); the nanny was negligent. Or how could the boy have left the house without her knowledge?
“The boy left the house, walked to the back of the house where the swimming pool is situated and fell into it.
“Nobody noticed until much later. At that point in time, he had drowned and was at the bottom of the swimming pool.
“So they brought him out and rushed him to the Lagoon hospital, where the doctors tried unsuccessfully to revive him.
“They left the hospital and rushed him to Evercare hospital where he was declared dead.
“They have deposited his corpse in the mortuary for an autopsy to reveal the cause of death. All the domestic staff that were home when the incident happened have been questioned by the police but only the nanny and the cook were detained.”