Upon examination, the medical team found that the boys pupils were fixed and dilated, with a nonreactive response to light.

The family of a four-year-old pupil, identified as Miguel Ovoke who died at the BrickHall School in Abuja during feeding hours on Wednesday has demanded for the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage of the accident.

Miguel Ovoke, had reportedly died at BrickHall School in Abuja during feeding hours.

SaharaReporters learnt that the school located at Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja, is owned by Senator Joy Emodi, who was a member of the 5th and 6th Senate before serving as Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters.

She is the founder and Chairman of the school, SaharaReporters learnt.

During her time in the Senate, she was appointed the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education.

It was learnt that Ovoke died on Wednesday.

According to the death certificate of the pupil dated April 24, 2024, issued by Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja, which was sighted by PUNCH, Ovoke was brought to the hospital by his teachers around 11am in an unconscious state.

The medical report, signed by Dr. Akinwande Ajayi, on behalf of the medical director, indicated that he was brought in, on account of aspiration on meat while feeding at school.

Upon examination, the medical team found that the boys pupils were fixed and dilated, with a nonreactive response to light.

His peripheral pulses were said to be impalpable, blood pressure was unrecordable, and there was no cardiopulmonary activity or respiratory excursions, silent chest.

Efforts made by the hospital to resuscitate him failed.

However, a source told SaharaReporters on Thursday that the parent of the four years old boy and their lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, were in the school to watch the footage of the accident. 

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