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Oromoni: 1 Year After, Activists, Friends, NUJ Demand Justice

by Kunle Olasanmi
3 years ago
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Activists and friends have gathered to renew the call for justice for late 12 year old student of Dowen College, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, who died owing to injuries allegedly sustained from bullying and assault by some senior students.

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They gathered at the instance of two leading Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Abuja,  Men Against Rape Foundation (MARF) and Make A Difference Initiative  (MAD) who organised ‘a Night of Songs and Poetry’” to mark the one year memorial of the 12 year old child.

At “A Night of Songs and Poetry”, the chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abuja Council, Comrade Emmanuel Ogbeche, said he was troubled that the case had not been concluded after one year.

“This delay is unprecedented. Lagos state is famed for expeditious action in cases like this. But in this instant case of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr they have not used the same speed”, Ogbeche noted.

He said the Lagos State government owed the Oromoni family closure in order for them to commence the healing process.

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In his sobering remark, the executive director of Men Against Rape Foundation, Lemmy Ughegbe, likened the delay in the Sylvester case by the Lagos state coroner to “an open sore left untreated.”

“It is disheartening that one year after a sore was inflicted in the soul of the Oromoni family, the wound has remained open and untreated. This is unacceptable. The family deserves that the open sore be treated, so they can begin the healing process”, Ughegbe stated.

“This protracted inquest is unusual and protracted as we note that even the Coroner Inquest of the Ikoyi building collapse of 2021 where 52 persons died did and the Ojota Yoruba rally where one Miss Jumoke Oyeleke died never took this long and they have since concluded their Inquest”, he noted

“When you leave a sore open and untreated it can generate a cancerous sore. The death of Sylvester Jnr is an open sore that has become a cancer for the family because the Lagos State Government seem to have put this case in abeyance with nothing heard about the coroner inquest for months”, he lamented.

Ughegbe said “exactly one year today, the Oromoni family was confronted with the tragedy of losing their son in traumatising circumstances. It is not right that one year after, they do not have closure and therefore the healing process cannot commence.”

“Today, November 30, 2022, we are using poetry and songs to tell the sad and depressing story of how 12 year old student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr died while groaning in excruciating pain allegedly as a result of assault by bullies in his school”, he stated.

In her own comment, founder of Jewels Hive Initiative, Barrister Oluwatoyin Falaye prayed for the Lord to continue to strengthen the family even as she appealed for a decision to be reached on the case.


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