Lagos State authorities have ordered a postmortem examination after nine-month-old identical twins died.
The children reportedly died roughly 24 hours after receiving routine immunisation at a state-run primary health care centre.
The twins, identified as Testimony and Timothy Alozie, were taken to the Ajangbadi Primary Health Centre in the Ojo Local Government Area on the morning of Dec. 24, 2025, for scheduled vaccinations.
Their father, Samuel Alozie, disclosed this in a viral TikTok video.
Alozie, who posts online as Promise Samuel, told reporters that the boys became unusually weak and lethargic shortly after receiving the injections.
He said the twins stopped eating and playing, and despite giving them paracetamol and bathing them to reduce a fever, their condition did not improve.
Both infants were found dead the following morning, on Dec. 25, Christmas Day, he said.
“This is the result of the immunisation,” Alozie wrote in one of the posts, alleging that the injections were responsible for the deaths.
He also questioned whether the vaccine could have been expired, fake or improperly administered and appealed to lawyers and human rights advocates for help.
The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board confirmed that a postmortem has been ordered and that both the police and state health officials are investigating the case.
Dr. Ibrahim Mustafa, the board’s permanent secretary, said the vaccine involved has been administered to many children before and after the incident without similar reports.
The bodies of the twins were taken to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital morgue, and authorities have pledged to make the autopsy findings public once available.
Alozie has expressed fears that the investigation could be influenced to protect the government facility and has called for a transparent inquiry into the deaths.
The state government’s order for a postmortem comes amid growing public attention following the family’s social media posts and calls for accountability.
