Sylvester Oromoni's Death: Parent, Doctor's Negligence Responsible — Coroner

Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri of the Lagos State Coroner's Court, Ogba, Ikeja, on Monday, April 15, 2024, declared that the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Sylvester Junior Oromoni, was due to the negligence of his parents and the doctor who attended to him.

Magistrate Kadiri further stated that Oromoni passed on as a result of failed treatment for his enlarged liver.

The court decided while passing its verdict on its findings surrounding the circumstances leading to the demise of the 12-year-old student, who died on November 30, 2021.

Oromoni's death had been attributed to bullying and an alleged poisonous substance he was forced to drink in the school.

The demised Oromoni was further referenced as stating that he was beaten up by five senior students of the school, namely; Favour Benjamin, 16, Edward Begue (16), Ansel Temile (14) Kenneth Inyang and Micheal Kashamu, 16, son of the late Senator, Buruji Kashamu, before he died.

This prompted the shutting down of the school by the Lagos State Government (LASG) despite the denial of the claims.

Specifically, the school had insisted that the late Oromoni had complained of leg pains following an injury he had sustained while playing football.

Then, the Lagos State Police Commissioner directed a full-scale investigation into the incident.

On January 5, 2022, the LASG exonerated the five students and five employees of the school who were accused of being responsible for the death of Oromoni.

But two years later, Oromoni was buried at the family’s compound at Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State.

In his verdict, Magistrate Kadiri declared that “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 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 an avoidable and excruciating pain and made to suffer needlessly.”

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