Mrs Rosemary, mother of late Sylvester Oromoni Jr, a Junior Secondary School 2 (JSS) student of Dowen College in the Lekki axis of Lagos State, who tragically died under controversial circumstances, has died from trauma-related issues.
According to the report, Mrs Rosemary was said to have passed on the 25th of November from grief and trauma-related issues she suffered from her son’s untimely demise.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) recalls that in 2021, 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni was allegedly bullied by his seniors and had suffered severe injuries, which led to his death.
The Lagos State government, in reaction, arrested five students, Favour Benjamin, aged 16, Micheal Kashamu (15), Edward Begue (16), Ansel Temile (14) and Kenneth Inyang (15), and some employees of Dowen College, but acquitted the five students after their investigations.
According to the State govt, the decision to free the students came due to the legal advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi, Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, and the trial magistrate, Magistrate Olatunbosun Adeola.
The govt clarified that the final autopsy report performed on the deceased student, issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and the Central Hospital, Warri, were in agreement that the cause of his death was due to Septicaemia, Lobar Pneumonia with Acute Pyelonephritis, Pyomyositis of the right ankle and Acute Bacteria Pneumonia due to severe Sepsis and not bullying.
Unfortunately, after Sylvester’s death, Mrs Oromoni’s health was said to have deteriorated as she was unable to eat or sleep, which made her unstable and led to her death recently.