Dowen College warns Nigerians from further publication alleging that Sylvester Oromoni died from beaten he received in the school
Dowen College has reacted to the Lagos government legal advice which indicated that Sylvestre Oromoni died of pneumonia, and not from injuries he sustained during an alleged beating or ingestion of a chemical substance.
Dowen College then warned Nigerians to desist from spreading further information about the death of the 12-year-old student, who during his dying moment, alleged that five seniors beat him up and fed him with an engine oil because he refused to join their cult.
Dowen College in a statement said it was time Nigerians allowed the soul of the 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni rest peacefully.
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“We respectfully request that all those who have consistently, misguidedly, and maliciously pushed false information should cease and desist immediately and allow our dear Sylvester’s soul rest peacefully in our Lord’s arms,” Dowen College said.
Lagos government through its Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the Ministry of Justice argued that there was no sufficient evidence to establish that the five students mentioned in the case had anything to do with the death of Sylvester Oromoni.
For Dowen College, the legal advice proves their position that Sylvester Oromoni left the school with only the leg injury he sustained during a football game. Dowen College then said: “we
do not know under what circumstances the accused names were mentioned,” adding that it had “no response” to that.
It insisted that the school was only aware that young Oromoni sustained injuries while playing football, claiming “two of the boys mentioned are day students with no connections to the hostel; a third boy mentioned was a regular weekly boarder who went home each weekend for home tutoring. He was not in the hostel over the weekend.
“Sylvester did not leave with any visible body injuries from the school contrary to what was showcased on social media,” it said, insisting that no issue was raised about his health until seven days after he was collected from school; a follow-up call to the family, while he was at home, revealed his leg was being massaged, nothing else.”
Stating that Dowen College had been dragged through the mud, the management said “today the truth wins, our faith wins and our integrity wins.”
The management stressed that “the autopsy report which is the product of the work of seven of the leading Pathologists in Nigeria, including one representing the Oromoni family from Delta State has shown that Sylvester had several chronic pre-existing health conditions. These health conditions cannot be fabricated or doctored. If there were contributory injuries from any bodily harm they would have been presented and stated.”