The Police Command in Lagos has launched an investigation into the death of a young boy who perished purportedly following the administration of several injections in a hospital in Lagos' Ogombo neighbourhood.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, a Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Lagos, confirmed the circumstance on Thursday.
Despite information being provided to the police, according to Hundeyin, no one had filed an official report regarding the occurrence.
“Yes, we are aware of the case. The father of the deceased came to the station but refused to write a statement.
“The hospital staff also came to the station without making any statement. For the benefit of all, they were transferred to the state CID for proper investigation,” he said.
Earlier on Thursday, the video of the father, complaining of how a nurse gave four injections to his son, whose name was not mentioned, and died as a result of the drugs administered, went viral.
The man claimed that the son was administered some drugs on Wednesday and he vomited after each injection.
He stressed that a nurse administered the four injections to the child without the child eating food and the child died.
The video also showed the lifeless body of the child on a stretcher with the father crying beside him.