Following the exoneration of five students and five staff of Dowen College from the death of Sylvester Oromoni, the Ijaw Youth Council on Thursday staged a protest in front of the school in Lekki.
While warning the school authorities not to reopen the school as scheduled, the placard-carrying protesters, dressed in Ijaw regalia, demanded justice for the late Oromoni and urged the Lagos state government to allow a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the matter.
Recall that 11-year-old Sylvester was reported dead on Wednesday, Dec. 1 2021, by a Twitter user, @perrisonoromoni who claimed to be the deceased’s cousin.
According to @perrisonoromoni, the deceased was bullied and beaten by fellow students which led to his death.
However, Dowen College, in a statement, denied all allegations, stating that Oromoni only complained of body pains from playing football.
The school is however still closed but the state has cleared the students, teachers, as well as the school of murder following the Legal Advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi.
According to the legal advice addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID and the trial magistrate, Magistrate Olatunbosun Adeola, the interim and final autopsy reports issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and toxicology report of post mortem samples and that of the Central Hospital, Warri were in agreement as to the cause of death namely: Septicaemia, Lobar Pneumonia with Acute Pyelonephritis, Pyomyositis of the right ankle and Acute Bacteria Pneumonia due to severe Sepsis.
The legal advice added that the result of the toxicology is also not indicative of any toxic or poisonous substance in the body of the deceased as claimed by the family.