The family of the late Buruji Kashamu, former Ogun Senator, whose son, Michael, has been named as one of the five students at Dowen College, culpable in the beating that led to the death of Sylvester Oromoni, has accused social media of stalking the family.
The brutal torture of Sylvester Oromoni, which resulted in his untimely death, has caused a lot of outrage across the country and beyond.
Breaking their silence on the matter, the family, represented by Mutairu Kashamu, while confirming Michael as their son and a student of the College, spoke of how their ward maintained his innocence after “careful” questioning.
Though he was said to have admitted playing the role of a school father to the deceased in the last school session, he was said to have explained that their relationship was affected after he, Michael, was moved to another floor in the boarding hostel.
In a statement entitled Dowen College Student’s Death: Kashamu’s Family Empathises With The Bereaved…Calls For Thorough Investigation, they complained what they tagged cyber-stalking of the family, accusing the social media.
The statement, read: “Since the news of the unfortunate incident broke, we have made our own private enquiries and carefully questioned our son about his involvement.
“This is why we did not rush out to respond to the cyber-stalking, name-calling and negative commentaries that have taken over the social media about our son’s alleged involvement in this sad incident.”
“We feel and can relate to the pains of the Oromoni family and all those genuinely concerned about this unfortunate incident,” it added.
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“That is why we wish to express our readiness to cooperate with the parents of the deceased, the Police, the Lagos State government and other relevant stakeholders to get to the root of this matter so that the cause of justice will not only be served but manifestly seen to have been served.
“However, it is regrettable that of the five names that were mentioned in relation to the incident, it is only Kashamu’s name that seems to ring a bell. Consequently, the family and its late patriarch (Senator Buruji Kashamu of blessed memory) have been the butt of irresponsible, falsehood-based and unwarranted attacks even when the full details of the incident are not yet known.
“There is no denying the fact that Adewale Michael Kashamu is one of the children of the late Senator Buruji Kashamu. But, no family or parent will send a child to school to be involved in any form of crime or criminality; just like no parent would be happy to be informed that a child he or she sent to school to learn has been molested or killed under any guise.
“That is why we wish to appeal for restraint on all sides. The cyber-bullying of our family will not help in any way to solve the bullying in schools that society through the ages has desired to stop.
“On our part, we have continued to engage our son, Adewale Michael Kashamu, and he has continued to maintain his innocence.”