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Mr Sylvester Oromoni has given reasons for not attending the last sitting of the coroner’s inquest into the controversial death of his 12-year-old son, Sylvester, a student of Dowen College, Lagos. The school had claimed that the deceased sustained injuries from playing football. However, the family said before he gave up the ghost, he revealed that he was br*tal*sed by bul*ies and a substance was forced down his throat. In the case which is now before Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, sitting in Epe, Lagos, Oromoni was supposed to have appeared before the court as a witness last week but was absent. The family lawyer, Mr Olawanle Taiwo of Femi Falana’s Chambers, also requested that the coroner adjourn the hearing indefinitely. Explaining the circumstances to The PUNCH, Oromoni said he decided not to appear because the other party had failed to file their witness statements on oath. “We filed our witness statements on oath but the other party has failed to file theirs. “We don’t want a situat...

The family of late senator Buruji Kashamu, has refuted allegations that Adewale Kashamu, son of the deceased, had a hand in the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. Oromoni, the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, died a few days ago after he was allegedly attacked by “some senior colleagues” for refusing to join a cult group. The student was said to have mentioned the lawmaker’s son alongside four other students before he died. But in a statement signed by Mutairu Kashamu, Adewale’s family said he did not beat or bully Oromoni as alleged. According to the family, Adewale knew Oromoni in his first session at the college during which he served as his school father as requested by the late boy’s sister, who happens to be a student of the school. The family said Adewale’s interaction with Oromoni reduced in the 2021 academic session after he was moved to a different floor in the boarding house. It said Adewale was not aware of the alleged beating of the deceased that eventually led to his de...