“My son told me he was tortured by senior students who also forced him to drink a substance right inside Dowen College, Lekki, hostel” — father of late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr
“They entered his room, switched off the light and threatened to kill the other students who witnessed what they did to my son.”
Oromoni Jnr was 12. Dowen College in Lekki area of Lagos blamed his death on injuries suffered while playing football.
Following public outcry, the school announced that it would temporarily shut its doors and reopen next week as exams are scheduled to start soon.
But the Lagos State Government has ordered the school to be shut down until the education ministry and relevant authorities conclude a probe into Oromoni Jnr’s death.
The family of late Dowen student Sylvester Oromoni have revealed that their late son countered claims of sustaining injuries from football before his death.
According to Sylvester’s father, his son, prior to his death, opened up that he didn’t play football in school, neither did he trip or fall.
The father added it was on November 29, when he was away for a government function, that Junior “opened up”.
In his father’s words: “Junior said, ‘mummy, I didn’t play ball; I didn’t fall.’
He jumped off his hostel bed. They kicked him, matched his waist. Other students ran off.
They threatened to kill them all if they spoke a word to the school staff. They warned Junior to say he sustained injuries while playing ball. They threatened him. If you ask the roommate, they’d all lie. They matched his ribs and waist. All that pain for a 12-year-old.”
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