LAGOS GOVT CLEARS FIVE DOWEN STUDENTS, STAFF, ORDERS RELEASE OF SUSPECTS

The Lagos State Government has cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College accused of complicity in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni.

The state cleared them as well as the school following the legal Advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms Adetata Oshinusi. According to the legal advice obtained by Channels TV, the interim and final autopsy reports issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and toxicology report of postMortem samples and that of the Central Hospital, Warri were in agreement as to the cause of death namely: Septicaemia, Lobar Pneumonia with Acute Pyelonephritis, Pyomyositis of the right ankle and Acute Bacteria Pneumonia due to severe Sepsis.

The result of the toxicology is also not indicative of any toxic or poisonous substance in the body of the deceased. The DPP's Legal advice, therefore, concluded that based on these findings, there is no prima facie case of morder, involuntary manstrughter and or malicious administering of poison with intent to harm against the five students, Favour Benjamin,16, Micheal Kashamu, 15, Edward Begue, 16, Ansel Temile, 14, and Kenneth Inyang, 15. The state also cleared the minors of belonging to unlawful society due to insufficient facts to establish the offence.

It stated that "from available facts in the duplicate case file, the investigation carried out by the Police did not reveal that any secret society name, tattoo or insignia of any unlawful society was found in the possession of any of the suspects during the investigation carried out by the Police.

The state also cleared the school and five employees: Celina Uduak, Valentine lgboekweze, Hammed Ayomo Bariyu, Adesanya Olusesan Olusegun and one Adeyemi of the offence of Negligent Act Causing harm contrary to section 252 of the Criminal Law Ch. C17, Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State 2015. The state, therefore, directed that all the suspects should be released if they are still in custody.