Monday, April 15, 2024 - The coroner inquest sitting in Ogba Magistrate Court investigating the death of Sylvester Junior Oromoni, the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, has ascribed his death to negligence on the part of his parents and doctor.
The coroner magistrate, Mikhail Kadiri,
stated that Oromoni died as a result of failed treatment for his enlarged
liver.
Oromoni died on November 30, 2021, as a
result of bullying and an alleged poisonous substance he was forced to drink in
the school.
Before his death, he reportedly mentioned
that he was beaten by five senior students of Dowen College, whose names were
Favour Benjamin, 16, Edward Begue, 16, Ansel Temile, 14, Kenneth Inyang and
Michael Kashamu, 16, son of the late Senator Buruji Kashamu.
However, on January 5, 2022, the Lagos State
Government exonerated the five students and five employees of Dowen College,
Lekki, Lagos, who were accused of the death of Sylvester Oromoni.
Kadiri said: “Based on the foregoing, it is
clear that the deceased’s health deteriorated in (doctor) PW 3’s care. PW 3 did
not take proper care of the deceased. PW 3 completely abandoned the deceased
for a period of more than 32 hours.
“The deceased’s death was an avoidable one
but for the negligence of the parents and PW 3, they didn’t take him to the
hospital until the day he died on November 30, 2021. The deceased went through
avoidable and excruciating pain and was made to suffer needlessly.”
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