By Bukola Olasanmi
One year after Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the deceased student of Dowen College Lekki, Lagos State, died in controversial circumstances on November 30, 2021, the family has continued to cry out for justice.
The family says it demands nothing less than justice for the death of their son.
Oromoni allegedly died as a result of bullying, assault, negligence and administration of poisonous substance in the school.
It would be recalled that the Lagos State Government had ordered a coroner inquest to unravel the cause of the death.
No report has been presented so far.
The father of the deceased student, Mr. Sylvester Oromoni, said in a signed statement made available to journalists on the first year remembrance, that if the inquest is not concluded before the end of this year, he would be compelled to withdraw from it “in order to take a different legal step to seek justice.”
He noted with concern that the coroner inquest of the Ikoyi building collapse of 2021 where 52 persons died, did not take this protracted time.
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Also, the inquest on the Ojota Yoruba rally where one Miss Jumoke Oyeleke died had since been concluded, he added.
The statement read partly; “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.
“Today, November 30, 2022 makes it a year since the demise of my son and the body is still in the morgue, yet to be buried. This one-year memorial being held today is to tell Nigerians and the entire world about the current position of the inquest and the antics of Dowen College.
“I am equally aware that some civil society organisations and NGOs in Abuja and Lagos are equally observing the one-year memorial today to mark his one-year untimely demise.
“May the soul of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr.) and all departed souls rest in perfect peace. Amen.
“At this point, I wish to call on the Honourable Coroner to please do the needful by urgently bringing the inquest to an end as Nigerians and the entire world are waiting for the dispensation of justice in this case as justice delayed, is justice denied,” he said.