Sesan Olufowobi
Investigations into the sudden death of University of Lagos Marine Sciences undergraduate, Ella Ukhueleigbe, was brought to an unexpected end on Wednesday after the police agreed with an autopsy that the 17-year-old girl died from fumes emitted by a generator, which she inhaled.
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The autopsy sighted by our correspondent and signed by a pathologist from Lagos University Teaching Hospital, concluded that Ella, who was brought in dead to the hospital, died from 'Pulmonary thromboembolism.'
Medic8.com says, "A pulmonary embolism or thromboembolism is a sudden blockage in a lung artery, usually due to a blood clot that travelled to the lung from the leg. A clot that forms in one part of the body and travels in the bloodstream to another part of the body is called an embolus.
"Pulmonary embolism is a serious condition that can cause: permanent damage to part of the lung from lack of blood flow to lung tissue; low oxygen levels in the blood; damage to other organs in the body from not getting enough oxygen. If a clot is large, or if there are many clots, pulmonary embolism can cause death."
PUNCH METRO gathered that police investigation suggested that Ella and Tokunbo, who was questioned by the police after her death, went to Tokunbo aunt's house and put on the generator..According to a source at Olosan Police Division, Mushin, where the case was reported, the police worked on the theory that the fumes being emitted by the generator gradually seeped into the room where both of them were discussing from the window.
"We found out that they were very close when they were younger. They were together in the room and discussing the past and did not notice that they were inhaling the fumes. Both of them became unconscious and by the time help reached them, Ella's case had become critical. She died on the way to the hospital," the source said.
PUNCH METRO gathered that the autopsy, which had been shown to Ella's family, had quenched their thirst for redress. It was learnt that the family are currently disposed to withdrawing the case from the police.
Spokesman of Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Frank Mba, who confirmed that the autopsy report, said that the death was caused by pulmonary thromboembolism. He said, "We are at present discussing with the family of the late girl on the next line of action."
Ella was in her second year at UNILAG before she died last Tuesday; few hours after she went out with Tokunbo.
UNILAG's Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Olukayode Amund, had told PUNCH METRO that Ella lived in the institution's Moremi Hall until her death.
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