four groups are involved in the case, the family of the deceased, the school authorities, the government and the families of students who have been accused of bullying and torturing the late student
Five students of Dowen College, as well as three housemasters of the school, have been arrested by the Lagos State police over their alleged involvement in the death of Sylvester Oromoni Junior, Channels reports.
12-year-old Sylvester is alleged to have died from the injuries sustained during an assault by five of his colleagues who wanted to initiate him into cultism.
Following the incident, the police authorities began an investigation on Monday and earlier interrogated three students.
While disclosing the new development on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, said nobody is above the law, adding that the police would carry out its work in line with the juvenile laws.
“The students whose names were mentioned are in police custody and investigation is on. Equally too, I have gotten in touch with my colleague in Delta State,” he said.
“Yesterday, I spoke with the mother of the deceased. I got them invited, so once they come now, we will be able to get the full facts of the case. The school has told us their own version of the case and the parents too, we will get their own version of the story.”
According to the Lagos CP, four groups are involved in the case, the family of the deceased, the school authorities, the government and the families of students who have been accused of bullying and torturing the late student.
According to him, the four groups would come together to do and witness the post-mortem that will be conducted on Sylvester’s corpse in order to achieve an objective result.
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