The late Master Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, has been committed to Mother Earth at the family’s compound at Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta.
He was buried on Saturday, 27th January 2024, after over two years his death in a questionable circumstance while in school took place.
Oromoni (Jnr) died in November 2021 after he was alleged to have been beaten by five of his colleagues.
Dowen College dismissed the claim, alleging that the boy sustained injuries while playing football with his friends.
Oromoni’s family had countered Dowen’s claim, arguing that their son had no health challenges before the incident.
They maintained that the boy would remain in the morgue pending a definite verdict from a coroner’s inquest into the matter.
He was born on December 4, 2009, and died on November 30, 2021, amid controversial circumstances, following alleged torture by some senior students of his college.
The burial attracted several dignitaries among whom was a Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN).
Emotions were high as family members, friends, and well-wishers wept while mourning his (Sylvester’s) untimely death.
In a brief speech by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, eulogised Sylvester, describing him as a great Nigerian whose life was cut short.
He said, “We are here to celebrate a great Nigerian whose life was cut short. His short life was so eventful according to his biography that was just read to us now.
“The short life of Solomon cannot be compared with that of Methuselah. Sylvester touched the lives of his teachers, friends, and fellow students and we should be reminded and ask ourselves what will be remembered for after this life. We must try as much as possible to rededicate our lives to God Almighty. I must thank the parents of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr for standing and demanding for justice for their son.”
The family, through the father of the deceased, had vowed while marking the second anniversary of their son’s untimely demise, that as a family, they would not stop crying out for justice for their departed son, adding that “As the father of the deceased, I cannot be tired or discouraged from pursuing justice as I have promised my son to get him justice even if it will take thirty years to achieve it,” Sahara reports added.
