It was an atmosphere of grief, sadness and tears as the parents’ forum of Dowen College in Lagos on Wednesday held a candlelight session to commemorate the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the 12-year-old pupil of the school.
TheNewsGuru recalls that Oromoni died a few days ago after he was allegedly attacked by “some senior colleagues” for refusing to join a cult group.
But on Wednesday night, the candlelight procession sbegan from the school’s gate and lasted a few metres on Adebayor Doherty street before the parents returned back to the school vicinity.
A moment of silence was also observed in honour of the deceased, even as the parents prayed for the Oromoni family “in these trying times”.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, said two of the students allegedly named by a deceased student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), have been arrested.
Odumosu noted that another student and three house masters were also assisting the police with investigation.
He said, “One student was invited and two arrested; they are three, so one is assisting us. We just started the investigation. We have two in detention, while the other one is just a witness to throw some light on what happened.
“We are discussing with the family on autopsy; we can’t do autopsy without the family; we can’t do autopsy without the school authority representative too. We can’t do autopsy without the representative of the parents of students being alleged; we need to be fair to everybody, so there is an arrangement to carry out autopsy with every stakeholder in attendance.”