Falana faults Lagos state government over Dowen school’s students case
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has faulted the legal advice issued by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Lagos state on the case of Sylvester Oromoni’s alleged murder.
In a statement on Wednesday, Falana says the decision of the DPP which cleared and ordered the release of the suspects is hasty and escapist.
Falana said the authorities are aware of the fact that the chief coroner of the state has ordered that an inquest be conducted into the circumstances surrounding the unnatural death of Sylvester Oromoni.
He explained that the inquest which commenced before the coroner on December 16, 2021, has been adjourned to January 15, 2022, for further hearing.
Mr Falana insists that the report has not laid the allegations surrounding the gruesome murder of Sylvester Oromoni to rest.
Lagos state government had earlier on Wednesday cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College accused of complicity in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni.
In the meantime, the father of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr.), the late 12-year-old student of Dowen College, has reacted to the release of the suspects linked to the murder of the teenager.
Sylvester was said to have been beaten to death by five senior students of the school on November 30, 2020, for allegedly refusing to join their cult.
Two months after, the Lagos state government cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College accused of complicity in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester.
Meanwhile, the father of the deceased, Mr Oromoni Snr, said the news did not come to him as a surprise
He said the students were granted bail even before the stipulated time granted by the courts for the police to carry out their investigation.
Oromoni said contrary to the results conducted by the Lagos state government, there was another autopsy carried out by the Delta state police command which suggested that his late son may have been fed with harmful chemicals.