- Lagos State has ordered a postmortem after nine-month-old twins reportedly d!ed within 24 hours of routine immunisation, as their father demands justice and raises concerns over the investigation.
- The case drew public attention after the twins’ father, Samuel Alozie, popularly known on TikTok as Promise Samuel, shared videos showing his sons’ bodies in separate body bags while recounting how they fell ill and later d!ed shortly after the injections.
The Lagos State Government has ordered a postmortem examination on nine-month-old identical twins, Testimony and Timothy Alozie, who reportedly d!ed about 24 hours after receiving routine immunisation at a primary health care centre in the state.
The case drew public attention after the twins’ father, Samuel Alozie, popularly known on TikTok as Promise Samuel, shared videos showing his sons’ bodies in separate body bags while recounting how they fell ill and later d!ed shortly after the injections.
In a follow-up video posted on Thursday, January 15, Alozie said he took the twins for routine immunisation on the morning of December 24, 2025, after which they became unusually weak.
“They could not eat, they could not play, they could not even disturb as they used to. They were just weak,” he said.
According to him, a nurse advised administering paracetamol if their temperature rose. He said the medication was given and the children were bathed in cold water, but their condition worsened.
“On the 24th, after the injection, they were very weak… On the morning of 25th December, they d!ed. The two of them d!ed at the same time,” Alozie said.
He maintained that the twins were healthy prior to the immunisation and had received all required vaccines since birth. He also questioned claims by the health centre suggesting the d£aths may have been caused by food-related bacteria.
“Food that I’ve been giving them from one month to nine months did not kill them,” he said.
Alozie further claimed that the nurse who administered the vaccines was not the regular health worker who usually attended to his children.
Confirming the development, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board, Dr. Ibrahim Mustafa, said investigations were ongoing and that a postmortem had been ordered.
“We sympathise with the parents… It is being investigated by the police and we are also doing our investigation as a state. We are expecting the postmortem findings,” Mustafa said.
He added that the bodies were deposited at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) morgue and assured that findings would be made public.
However, Alozie expressed fears that the investigation could be compromised and appealed for legal assistance.
“Please, if you are a lawyer, a human rights lawyer, help me… I need justice for these children,” he said.
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