...stop pushing false information in the public
The Management of Dowen College has said that the autopsy report on the death of the 12-year-old pupil, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. revealed he had a chronic pre-existing health conditions.
The Management, in a statement issued on Friday, stated that the autopsy was well represented by seven of the leading pathologists including one from the deceased’s family.
They maintained that the health conditions cannot be fabricated or doctored and would have consequently been presented If there were contributory injuries from any bodily harm.
While submitting itself to the investigations of the authorities, It said they kept silent without assigning any blame to the accused children because of their believe in the experts and that the children remain innocent until proven guilty especially since its own preliminary investigations did not reveal their complicity in any untoward conduct.
The School restated that the only injury brought to their notice was the fall while playing football as narrated by his friends, roommates and classmates and later
investigated by the police.
It added that two of the boys mentioned are day students with no connections to the hostel and a third boy mentioned was a regular weekly boarder who goes home each weekend for home tutoring even as he was not in the hostel over the weekend.
While appreciating all their parents, staff, students, alumni and friends of the school for their unflinching partnership, encouragement prayers and advice through this whole situation, It requested that all those who have consistently, misguidedly and maliciously pushed false information should cease and desist immediately and allow our dear Sylvester’s soul rest peacefully in our Lord’s arms.
“The autopsy report which is the product of the work of seven of the leading Pathologists in Nigeria, including one representing the Oromoni family from Delta State has shown that Slyvester had several chronic pre-existing health conditions.
“These health conditions cannot be fabricated or doctored. If there were contributory injuries from any bodily harm they would have been presented and stated. Dowen College is not covering up anything for any student or family.
“The facts of this unfortunate tragedy remain that: In the course of submitting ourselves to the investigations of the authorities, we have also kept silent and not assigned any blame to the accused children because we believe we must let the experts do their job and that they remain innocent until proven guilty especially since our own preliminary investigations did not reveal their complicity in any untoward conduct.
“The only injury brought to the notice of the School was the fall while paying football
over the weekend as narrated by his friends, roommates and classmates and later
investigated by the police.
“Two of the boys mentioned are day students with no connections to the hostel.
A third boy mentioned was a regular weekly boarder who went home each weekend
for home tutoring. He was not in the hostel over the weekend.
“At this point, we respectfully request that ALL those who have consistently, misguidedly and maliciously pushed false information should cease and desist immediately and allow our dear Sylvester’s soul rest peacefully in our Lord’s arms.
“We seize this opportunity to publicly thank all our parents, staff, students, alumni and friends of the school for their unflinching partnership, encouragement prayers and advice through this whole situation.
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