Ademoye Adewale, a cotton candy vendor, contracted by Chrisland School to prepare snacks for its students during an inter-house sports has told a corona inquest that he strongly believed that Whitney Adeniran was not electrocuted by his tools.
Adewale, during his cross-examination, told the Coroner, Mrs Oyenike Fajana on Monday that his machine meant for the snacks was not in use at the time the 12-year-old student of the school slumped and died.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Whitney died during the school’s inter-house sports on Feb. 9 at Agege Stadium, Lagos.
The vendor was to produce snacks such as candy floss, popcorn, shawarma, and barbecue, among others for students.
In his response to questions by the family counsel, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), Adewale said he had been a registered vendor at the Agege Stadium since 2013 (10 years).
Adewale said that the school officials came to inspect the stadium prior to the inter-house sports.
The vendor told the inquest that the machine he used was three years old and had a Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) cap certification.
