Father seeks justice after nine-month-old twins die following immunisation

A Lagos-based father, Samuel Alozie, popularly known on TikTok as Promise Samuel, has raised alarm over the death of his nine-month-old identical twin sons, Testimony and Timothy, who reportedly died about 24 hours after receiving routine immunisation at a primary health care centre in the state.

The incident drew widespread attention on Wednesday after Alozie shared a video on TikTok showing the remains of the twins in separate body bags. In a follow-up video posted on Thursday via his handle, #promise.Samuel099, the grieving father recounted the events leading to the tragedy.

According to Alozie, he took the twins for their scheduled immunisation on the morning of December 24, 2025. He said that shortly after the injections, both children became unusually weak and were unable to eat, play, or behave as they normally did.

He explained that the nurse advised him to administer paracetamol if their temperature rose. Despite following the instructions and bathing the children in an attempt to ease their discomfort, their condition did not improve. The twins reportedly died in the early hours of Christmas Day, December 25.

“They were very weak after the injection. We gave them paracetamol as instructed, but nothing changed. By the next morning, both of them were gone,” Alozie said.

He insisted that the twins had been healthy since birth and had never suffered any serious illness. “They were strong and sound. I took them for immunisation not because they were sick, but because it was the right thing to do,” he added.

Alozie also noted that the nurse who administered the last immunisation was not the usual health worker who attended to his children. He rejected claims allegedly made by the health centre that the deaths were caused by food-related bacteria, questioning how food the children had been consuming for months could suddenly become fatal.

As of the time of reporting, the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board had not released an official statement on the incident or the outcome of the autopsy conducted on the twins.

Fearing possible manipulation of the investigation, Alozie appealed for legal and public support, saying he lacked the financial capacity to pursue justice on his own.

“I’m scared I may not get justice because this is a government facility and everything is government-handled,” he said, calling on human rights lawyers and concerned Nigerians to assist him. “I have buried my children, but I need justice for them.”