Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi
Falana, has alleged a massive coverup concerning the death of Dowen College
student, Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr).
Falana said this on Monday on Channels TV, while reacting to
the recent statement by Lagos Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, that
Sylvester died a natural death.
Falana, who is the counsel to the Oromoni family, described
Odumosu’s comment as a mockery of Sylvester’s death , insisting that the
autopsy had no mention of natural
“You can’t go on air and be making a mockery of the death of
a human being. As you are well aware, by our culture, if you lose a loved one,
to break the news, sometimes the school authorities would engage the services
of imams or pastors to meet the parents and break the news. That means you are
being compassionate and considerate and humane.
“You don’t tell members of the public ‘Oh the boy they
claimed was poisoned, he died naturally”. What do you mean by natural causes?
Cancer? Heart attack? There is no mention of natural in the report.
“The police commissioner can’t say that Sylvester died of
natural causes because what are natural causes? Heart attack, stroke, cancer
and so on and so forth.
“But if a boy took ill, you claim he was injured on the
football pitch but the boy before his death told the parents ‘I was given to
drink a concoction by those who wanted to force me to join a secret society on
campus”’
“Doctors would be expected to eliminate these allegations
and the first report concluded and stated very clearly that Sylvester died of
acute lung injury due to chemical intoxication.
“A doctor would not write such a report if he has not seen
anything. No doctor in the world, unless you want to play with your license,
would state categorically the cause of death that can be questioned.”
Falana added that the parents request for the second autopsy
report has not been made available.
He noted that as lawyers of the deceased, they have also
applied for certified true copies which are yet to be made available.
“We are going to establish evidence of a massive cover-up.
You say there wasn’t evidence that there was a secret society.
“How? We searched the suspect and didn’t find any tattoo, we
did not find any insignia. Is that how to prove evidence of a secret society?”
Falana concluded.
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