Sylvester Oromoni (Snr), the father of the 11-year-old Dowen college student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., who died on November 30, 2021, in controversial circumstances, has accused the Lagos state government and the Nigerian police of conspiring to cover up the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of his son.
The father issued a statement in reaction to the decision of the Lagos state government to exonerate the five students and five school officials arrested over the death of his son.
The Lagos State government in the Legal advice released by its Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) had directed that the five students and five school officials should be released from police custody as the autopsy carried out on the remains of the late Oromoni ruled out murder.
The legal advice also stated that the toxicology carried out on his body found no harmful substance in his body.
Mr Oromoni said the autopsy report and legal advice are inconsistent with the oral statement from his son before he died, which he said was corroborated by his schoolmates, that he was tortured and given an unknown substance suspected to be poison which led to his death.
The distraught father said he has instructed his lawyer, Femi Falana, to take all necessary steps to get justice for his son.
