Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the late Dowen College Student, who was declared by his family to have actually sustained injuries as a result of bullying by five senior trainees of the college was not treated at a hospital.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Sylvester Oromoni Snr, the daddy of late Oromoni Jnr made the discovery on Monday before an Ikeja Coroner’s Inquest while being cross-examined by the counsel to one of the implicated students, Mr Godwin Omoaka (SAN).

The witness informed the inquest that his boy was dealt with in your home in Warri, Delta, after the Oromoni family practitioner, Dr Aghogho Owhojede, had actually said there was no personal ward available in his hospital.

He provided a timeline of events from when Oromoni Jnr was brought house from school by his guardian, Mr Clifford Tejere, on Nov. 23, 2021.

He said Tejere did not notice any indication of beating on the body of the departed which no swollen spot was discovered on the ankle of the late trainee, where it was declared by the school that he had sustained a football injury.

The witness noted that a complete body x-ray was not carried out by the household when he came home from school.

“There was an x-ray carried out on the part the school desired us to do, which was the legs down. He was taken to a diagnostic centre,” Oromoni Snr said.

The dad of the departed exposed that his kid was not taken to the hospital on Nov. 24, 2021 by the household and that he got here Lagos from Delta at 6.00 p.m. on Nov. 25, 2021 after he looked out by his family that his son remained in a crucial state.

He revealed that after he arrived Lagos, he took his boy back to Dowen College, arriving at the school at 7. 00 p.m. to pack his personal belongings.

He stated on Nov. 26, 2021, he left for Warri, Delta, with his son and got here in the evening and that Oromoni Jnr was not required to the hospital on that day.

“On Nov. 26, 27 and 28 2021, he was treated in my house on medical professional’s regulations.

“On Nov. 29, he was taken to St Louis Laboratory for a scan. We were referred by the doctor to go there.

“I was not there on that day because I had rushed to my home in Asaba, Delta to pick up something and I came back the next early morning, which is Nov. 30, 2021.

“He died on Nov. 30, 2021; I was currently in Warri when he passed away. I remained in the hospital when the doctor confirmed to us that he did not make it,” he stated.

The witness even more exposed that after Oromoni Jnr was confirmed dead, the household wanted to bury him immediately.

“From the center, they were taking him for burial. I called them and they brought him back in the Hilux that they were utilizing to communicate him and they parked in front of my gate.

“The cops came and took pictures and videos of the body and after that they asked me to take him to the mortuary and not bury him,” he said.

Following the revelation of the witness, Omoaka requested that a series of interviews Oromoni Snr had granted to journalism (Arise TV, the Punch Newspapers and BBC Pidgin) be dipped into the inquest.

In the numerous video, the witness was declaring that his child was dragged, significantly beaten, his stomach puzzled upon by some senior trainees of the school.

Responding to more questions, Oromoni Snr exposed that he had actually never been to his child’s hostel at Dowen College.

He, nevertheless, accepted that other students would have heard his son cry out if he was being beaten by alleged bullies.

The Coroner, Mr Mikhail Kadiri, adjourned proceedings up until Feb. 15 for extension of the cross-examination.

Remember that it was alleged that the 12-year-old Oromoni died on Nov. 30, 2021 from injuries sustained in an attack by five senior trainees of Dowen College for supposedly declining to join a cult.