A Nigerian mother identified simply as Ella has taken to social media to seek help following the tragic death of her two-year-old child at Smiley Creche, a nursery and primary school in Lagos.
According to a distraught mother on the microblogging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, the school had falsely claimed that her daughter drowned. However, they later discovered that the cause of death was electrocution.
She further called on the Lagos State government to intervene and help get justice for the child who celebrated her birthday just two months ago.
Sharing photos, she wrote: “Dear Lagos state Government. Our daughter of 2years old went to school yesterday and did not return alive. How do you have a pool in school premises without proper monitoring?
“They lied she drowned in the pool but we have been able to find out it’s Electrocution, and they dropped her in the pool to look as if it was drowning.
“Now they are lying to other parents that school is closed because of maintenance instead of telling the truth.If nothing is done to close down that school other parents may cry for their own kids attending the school.
“The pool has barricades how can a child of 2yrs climb?Please help us get Justice for our baby she just celebrated her 2yr birthday November last year,left home well for school on 15/1/2024 and never came back alive.”