Oromoni’s death, an avoidable one –  Coroner inquest

…Indicts parents, doctors, exonerates Dowen college

By Bisi LAWAL

The death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Sylvester Junior Oromoni, was said to be an avoidable one.

Mikhail Kadri of The Coroner Inquest, sitting in Ogba Magistrate Court adduced the boy’s death to his parents’ and doctor’s negligence and held that Oromoni died as a result of failed treatment for his enlarged liver.

“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. Kadiri said.

Recall that Oromoni died on November 30, 2021.

His death was attributed to an alleged bully and a poisonous substance he was forced to drink at the school.

He was said to have mentioned that he was beaten up 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, before he died.

But 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.