The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said the autopsy carried out on the corpse of Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of famous singerDavido and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, revealed that the lad died as a result of drowning.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a chat with Punch News.
“Autopsy has been concluded. It confirms the boy (Ifeanyi) drowned”, Hundeyin started.
Recall that we earlier reported that the Police said they will carry out an autopsy to determine the actual cause of Ifeanyi’s death.
The impeccable source, who confirmed the development to Punch said it is a standard practice for the police to conduct an autopsy in such a case, but would, however, desist from the move if the deceased family members were against it.
“Though the family members are not saying anything yet because they are still in shock but until anybody says stop, the standard procedure is to conduct an autopsy and we are going to follow that procedure just like in any case of death,” the source said.
Explaining further, the source said out of the eight domestic workers interrogated by the police in connection with Ifeanyi’s death, the cook and nanny, whose job was to cater for the wellbeing of the three-year-old boy, had been detained for reasons including the failure to uphold the duty of care of the minor.
As of the time of filing this report, the nanny and cook were said to still be in detention.
Ifeanyi died on October 31, 2022 after he drowned in his fathers Banana mansion as a result of negligence from his caregivers and who were paid heavily to look after him while his parents went for a family gathering in Ibadan.
