Sylvester Oromoni’s Death: Lagos Clears All Suspects In Police Custody
The government of Lagos state has cleared five employees and five students of Dowen college who were said to have been suspects involved in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni.
Following the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, MS. Adetutu Oshinusi which was addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department,SCID and the trial magistrate, Magistrate Olatunbosun Adeola, where it was made known that the final autopsy reports released by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and the toxicology report of post mortem samples and that of Central Hospital, Warri shows the same result as the cause of death taged; Septicaemia, Lobar Pneumonia with Acute Pyelonephritis, Pyomyositis of the right ankle and Acute Bacteria Pneumonia due to severe Sepsis.
According to the DPP’s advice, the result of all this reports gotten at the hospitals also did not indicate the presence of any toxic or poisonous substance in the body of the deceased. The legal advice therefore concluded that there is no suspected case of murder or involuntary manslaughter or wrong feeling of administering of poison, with an intention to cause harm.
The state also cleared the minors; Favour Benjamin aged 16, Micheal Kashamu (15), Edward Begue (16), Ansel Temile (14) and Kenneth Inyang (15) of accusations of belonging to an unlwaful society as there is no sufficient proof to establish the offence.
Explaining that the investigation carried out by the police did not reveal that any secret society name, tattoo or insignia of any unlawful society was found in the possession of any of the suspects during the police investigation, adding that to hold otherwise would amount to sniffing for an offence and a speculative act which the law does not permit.
The school as a whole and five of its employee: Celina Uduak, Valentine Igboekweze, Hammed Ayomo Bariyu, Adesanya Olusesan Olusegun and one Adeyemi were cleared of the offence of Negligent Act Causing Harm contrary to section 252 of the Crimina Law Ch. C17, Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State 2015.
The state then orderd the release of all suspects if they are still held in custody.
