The police may conduct an autopsy following the death of Ifeanyi Adeleke, the three-year-old son of Nigeria’s top hip-hop singer, David Adeleke (Davido), and his partner, Chioma Rowland.
According to The Punch, the police autopsy will determine whether Ifeanyi died as a result of drawing in a swimming pool at his father’s property in Lagos State’s Banana Island neighbourhood.
According to a person familiar with the situation, it is a common protocol for the police to conduct an autopsy in such cases, but the police will refrain from taking action if the boy’s family objects.
His words: “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.”
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“It was the work of the nanny to take care of the child, 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 where the swimming pool is situated and fell into the swimming pool. Nobody noticed until much later. At that point in time, he had drowned and was at the bottom of the swimming pool.”
According to a police source, Ifeanyi was taken from the pool and hurried to the lagoon Hospital, where medics attempted but failed to resuscitate him. He went on to say that they left Lagoon Hospital and were rushed to Evercare Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
His words: “They have deposited his corpse in the mortuary for an autopsy to reveal the cause of death. All the domestic workers at home when the incident happened have been questioned by the police but only the nanny and cook were detained.”
