Lagos State Government has cleared five students and employees of Dowen College, accused of complicity in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni.
The state cleared them as well as the school following the legal advice of
the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP Adetutu Oshinusi.
In the legal advice addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police,
State Criminal Investigation Department and the trial magistrate,
Olatunbosun Adeola, the DPP said the interim and final autopsy reports
issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital exonerated the
suspects from any wrongdoings.
The DPP added that toxicology report of post mortem samples and that
of the Central Hospital, Warri, were in agreement as to the cause of
young Oromoni’s death, namely Acute Bacteria Pneumonia due to
severe Sepsis.
The legal advice further noted that the result of the toxicology is also not
indicative of any toxic or poisonous substance in the body of the
deceased.
The DPP’s legal advice concluded that based on these findings, there is
no prima facie case of murder, involuntary manslaughter and or
malicious administering of poison with intent to harm, against the five
students accused of complicity in Oromoni’s death.
The state, therefore, directed that all the suspects be released, if they are
still in custody.
