Sylvester Oromoni Death: Women Stages Protest At Dowen College

Sylvester Oromoni Death: Women Stages Protest At Dowen College

Sylvester Oromoni’s death has caused a lot of uproar, aso naija reports.

Recall that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, asserted that three students of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state has been apprehended and are currently in the custody of police.

The students was arrested for allegedly assaulting 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni.

Odumosu said two other students of the school fingered in the assault, are now at large, adding that those in police custody are helping the Command with information on how to track them.

The Lagos CP added that the school principal, housemasters, and other officials of the Lekki-based school are also assisting the police with information as the Command launched a full-scale probe into the circumstances culminating in the death of Oromoni on November 30, 2021.

The father of the Sylvester theboarding student had alleged that the Junior Secondary School 2 pupil died from the injuries sustained during an assault by five of his colleagues who wanted to initiate him into cultism but the school claimed he died after sustaining an injury during a football match.

Reports of the detention of the three of the students allegedly involved in the bullying of the deceased student filtered in on Tuesday.

When asked on Tuesday whether three of the students are in police custody, the Lagos CP, in a phone interview replied, “It is true.”

He further explained, “It is still an allegation until we conduct our investigation. We just started full investigation yesterday (Monday). Two out of those mentioned in the viral video are at large while three of the students are helping us to get others.”

“I am in contact with my counterpart in Delta State. I spoke with the parents yesterday, we are perfecting everything scientifically,” Odumosu added.

Aso Naija had earlier reported that the National Association of Nigerian Students alerted foreign missions to deny entry to the five students of Dowen College alleged to have bullied and beaten 12-year-old Oromoni to a point of coma which led to his eventual death.

Nigerian women this morning December 8, staged a protest in front of the sealed premises of Dowen College in Lagos state.

The women who wore black clothes are demanding justice for 11-year-old student of the school, Sylvester Oromoni, who died after he was allegedly attacked by his schoolmates in the dormitory.