I know by now you may have seen some hashtag #justiceforsylvester trending on twitter. Sylvester was a 12 years old boy who was a student in Dowen College a school based in Lagos, Nigeria. Sylvester Oromoni jnr was beaten and bullied by his fellow students for refusing to join a cult in school.
The story went viral when a relative of Sylvester with the user name perrisoromoni on twitter, tweeted about how his 12 years old cousin was beaten to death at a school that cost over 1 million naira. Perrison went further ahead to say that his uncle was called and told Sylvester wasn't well so he went to the school and took him to a hospital in warri were he was admitted and later passed away but Sylvester confessed that they tried blending him into a cult.
Dowen college later released a press statement to shut down the claims and stated that Sylvester Oromoni died after he got injured while playing football.
The cousin of the victim, Perrisoromoni, went further to post videos and images of the final moment showing the state of Sylvester in the hospital before he passed away. In the video, Sylvester couldn't raise his arm or leg. Perrisoromoni claims Sylvester kept complaining about his throat and stomach with Sylvester revealing he was given something to drink.
Mr Sylvester Oromoni, the father of Sylvester Jnr who spoke to The Cable Lifestyle disclosed that his son suffered and the said boys his son mentioned before passing away were reported to the school last term for bullying, Collecting all Sylvester's foodstuffs including his clothes. He said Sylvester was sent to a new hostel but the bullying and intimidation still continued. Mr Sylvester went further ahead to reveal that he considered removing Sylvester from the school but reconsidered since his sisters were still in the school. Sylvester's mother said Sylvester said he didn't play football.
As it stands now the Lagos State Government(LASG) has ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen college.
Link to the video https://twitter.com/perrisonoromoni/status/1466441163448139778?t=604AE907SIq-tSl6xcwpJw&s=19
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