Mother “By The Time I Entered Our Room, He Was Already Choked And Struggling To Breathe”

According to Kuburat Adeniji, the mother of 24-year-old Gafar Wahab Adeniji, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), tear gas from the demolition of structures at the Otto community in Lagos had already choked her son and made him gasp for air when she arrived in their room. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

This was reported by the Daily Trust. She claimed that she had to rush him to the hospital and seek for assistance. There, the doctor stated that Gafar Wahab Adeniji had breathed something, and she informed him (the doctor) that it was tear gas.

Kuburat Adeniji said, “My son was sleeping at home when the police started firing teargas (canisters). I quickly left the shop and went home to check on him because he had been sick. Everywhere was filled with tear gas. By the time I entered our room, he was already choked and struggling to breathe. I called for help, and he was rescued. We took him to a hospital in Ikorodu. The doctor complained that he inhaled some substance in the room, and I told him it was tear gas. The doctor later referred him to Sagamu Teaching Hospital in Ogun State. We were taking him there on April 2, when he died.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>