I leave all to God – Mother of pupil who drank juice laced with sniper

Adaeze Aniamam
Mrs Nkem Ekemedili, mother of a secondary school student who died on Sunday after drinking juice lace with sniper, has said that she is leaving all to God.
She was a pupil of Cedar College, Ipaja, Lagos.
The girl, Favour Ekemedili, reportedly drank the juice on Friday but died on Sunday in the hospital.
Although the police said investigation had begun, the mother said she believed it was only God that could effect justice.
According to reports, the deceased left her home on the day and was in class receiving the day’s teaching with her classmates when she got up, went to her bag, brought out the pack of juice and started drinking it.
Shortly after she drank some of it, she threw the juice pack away and went to her seat.
Some minutes later, Favour began complaining of having stomach pains.
Her classmates rushed her to the school’s sick bay. Her classmates informed the nurse on duty that Favour began complaining of stomach ache after she drank the pack of juice she brought to school.
They searched for the juice pack she threw away and brought it with the remaining content to the nurse. Upon examination, the nurse found out it was smelling of the popular insecticide, Sniper. Immediately she raised alarm and Favour was rushed to the General hospital in the area.
Favour was later referred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital where she died on the same day at about 6pm.
But Nkem said she had handed over the case to God as there is nothing that can be done if she fights with the school.
She blamed the school for not monitoring her daughter who was in their care at the time of the incident.
Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Bala Elkana, in a statement released on Sunday June 2nd, said the homicide department of the school is currently investigating the matter.