Lagos State Government says it would oppose exhumation of the corpse of Miss Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old student of Chrisland Schools, Opebi, Lagos, who died during the school’s inter-house sports, in February.

The government in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs in the state’s Ministry of Justice, Mrs Grace Alo, said that the Ministry Of Justice was aware of an ongoing dialogue about an alleged plan to exhume the body of the student, and it had yet to receive any official communication requesting for the exhumation.

The government said that it would oppose such a request if and when received, as the circumstances for exhumation under the Coroners’ Systems Law 2015, do not arise in this case, and it does not intended to further traumatize the deceased’s family with the move.

Meanwhile, Lagos State government declared on Sunday that Chrisland High School, Lagos, where the 12-year-old student died, remains shut, to further investigate alleged endangerment of students and others.