Admin l Monday, March 06, 2023
IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria –The case involving Late Master Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College came up for hearing at the Coroner sitting in Ikeja, Lagos today.
This time, it was the turn of the doctor Henry Aghogho, who was in charge of delivery when Sylvester Oromoni’s mother went into labour.
He testified under cross examination that Sylvester Oromoni had no underlying illness. Aghogho spoke under cross-examination by counsel to Dowen College, Mr Anthony Kpokpo
Prior to this, counsel to the Oromoni Family, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), raised an objection as to why the witness should be cross-examined, while he was disallowed from cross-examining two witnesses who testified earlier.
The Coroner, Mr Mikhail Kadiri, ruled that the business of the day would entail tendering medical records of the deceased, explaining medical terms therein and cross-examining the doctor.
The doctor told the court that sometime in 2018, the deceased had enteritis and was treated with antibiotics.
According to him, the infection was caused by unclean food and water. After the cross-examination, the coroner asked all the counsel in the case whether they had other witnesses but they all answered in the negative.
The coroner consequently adjourned the inquest until April 1 for a visit to Dowen College, Lagos. Oromoni allegedly died from injuries sustained in an attack by five senior students of Dowen College for refusing to join a cult.
The autopsy result released by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution on Jan. 4, 2022, revealed the cause of the student’s death as acute bacterial pneumonia due to severe sepsis.
The doctor, Henry Aghogho, said on Monday that Oromoni was born on Dec. 4, 2009 was without any underlying medical condition.
The Coroner, Mr Mikhail Kadiri, ruled that the business of the day would entail tendering medical records of the deceased, explaining medical terms therein and cross-examinating the doctor.
The doctor however, told the court that sometime in 2018, the deceased had enteritis and was treated with antibiotics. According to him, the infection was caused by unclean food and water.
