Rosemary, mother of 12-year-old late Sylvester Oromoni Jr, a Junior Secondary School 2 (JSS) student of Dowen College in Lekki, Lagos State, who tragically died under controversial circumstances, has also died from trauma-related issues.
As gathered, she died from grief and trauma-related issues that arose after medical experts pronounced the former Down College student dead.
It was learnt that the situation grew worse after the Coroner sitting on her child’s death couldn’t reveal identities of the perpetrators, forcing her to wait endlessly.
Family sources confirmed the death yesterday, saying she died last week, November 25, 2024, but we are yet to make it public.
The sources added that Mrs. Oromoni, deeply affected by the loss, struggled with her health over the years, showing visible signs of emotional and physical deterioration.
They described her grief after the 12-year-old’s death as relentless, impacting her ability to eat, sleep, or resume her daily.
The devastating blow to the family has once again ignited public discussions about the systemic failings that contributed to Sylvester’s death.
The Guild gathered that many Deltans particularly politicians have started sympathizing with the family’s over the loss amid ongoing efforts to unravel killers of their son.
It would be recalled 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, 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.
