The management of Premier Academy, a secondary school in Lugbe Abuja, has stated that the school has been cooperating with the police on investigation into the sudden death of a student of the school, Keren Akpagher, since the incident happened.
Keren died on Tuesday 22nd June, 2021. The 12 year old JSS 2 student was said to have died from hyperglycemia triggered by sepsis resulting from infection caused by a condom found in her private part.
Keren’s mother, Mrs. Akpagher had demanded justice for her child, who she believed was sexually abused before she was withdrawn from school on June 19th for treatment after she complained of redness of the eye.
According to reports, Mrs. Akpagher said she immediately challenged the school authorities after an hospital report showed the cause of Keren’s death, but the institution only promised to look into the matter.
The social media was thus awashed on Wednesday of Keren’s demise, with an alleged plot of a cover up by the school.
In a statement made available on the school’s official facebook page, the school management commiserated with Keren’s family, stating that the case is being investigated by the police and the school is fully cooperating with law enforcement agents to get to the root of the matter.
“We deeply commiserate with the family of Keren Akpagher, who was a student of Premier Academy Lugbe, Abuja until her demise on Tuesday 22nd June, 2021. Before her death, Keren Akpagher was an easy-going student who never appeared before the academy’s disciplinary committee on any issue.
“As a school, we are committed to ascertaining the cause of Karen’s death because the life of every student at Premier Academy matters.
“Last week, Thursday, (24th June 2021), the school was invited to the FCT Police Investigation Department and a full-scale investigation commenced by the Police Investigation Unit.
“We wish to clearly state that we will cooperate with the police unit as we are committed to ensuring that the actual cause of Keren’s death is fully determined,’’ the statement read.
The school also enjoined the public to desist from making unfounded statements about Keren’s death. “Since the demise of Karen Akpagher, there have been speculations and unfounded statements concerning her death on social media especially on Whatsapp. We hereby inform the general public that whatever message they have come across on social media is unfounded,” the school said.
We deeply commiserate with the family Keren Akpagher, who was a student of Premier Academy Lugbe, Abuja. Until her demise on Tuesday 22nd June, 2021. She was admitted into the academy (JSS 2) on 16 April, 2019 but she resumed on Sunday 28th April, 2019.
On admission, according to the medical report and her mother’s attestation, Karen Akpagher was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus at the age of (9) and had been on insulin injection.