A law firm, Falana & Falana’s Chambers, has asked the
Lagos State Police Command to invite blogger and social media personality, Kemi
Olunloyo, to explain a “reckless allegation” she made against the late
12-year-old student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni.
The solicitors to the family of the late student accused
Olunloyo of attempting to destroy the name of Sylvester on social media by
claiming that the late student wanted to join a cult group in the Lekki-based
school and had agreed to been beaten.
The law firm owned by renowned human rights lawyer, Femi
Falana (SAN), therefore, urged the Deputy Commissioner of Police at the State
Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos, to invite the blogger for
questioning.
“Although the students and staff of the College suspected to
have played a role in the brutal murder of Sylvester Oromini have made useful
statements to the Police. One Ms Kemi Olunloyo has just introduced another
twist to the incident,” Taiwo Olawanle of Falana & Falana’s Chambers said
in a letter dated December 13, 2021.
It was titled, ‘Request For Investigation Of The Allegation
Made By Ms Kemi Olunloyo On The Tragic Death Of Sylvester Oromoni At Dowen
College, Lekki, Lagos.’
The letter further read, “According to a false statement
credited to her, Ms Olunloyo claimed that ‘Sylvester Oromoni wanted to join the
cult, he agreed to be beaten and drank Engine oil as part of the initiation
process.’
“Ms Olunloyo recorded her false statement and has been
circulating the same on social media in a wicked manner with the sole purpose
of diverting attention from the ongoing investigation by the Police.
“Apart from attempting to destroy the name of Sylvester
Oromoni, Ms Olunloyo has exacerbated the tragedy of his parents, family members
and friends without any justification whatsoever.
“Even though the reckless statement is a figment of the
imagination of Ms Olunloyo, we are of the strong view that she ought to assist
the Police in the ongoing investigation into the cause of the death of
Sylvester Oromoni.
“We are therefore
compelled to request the Police to investigate the allegation of false
information being circulated by Ms Olunloyo on the gruesome circumstances
surrounding the death of Sylvester Oromoni.
“If she cannot
substantiate her reckless allegation, Ms Olunloyo ought to be charged with
false information in the Magistrate Court in Lagos State.”
Recall that the father of the
deceased boarding student alleged that the Junior Secondary School 2 pupil died
from the injuries sustained during an assault by five of his colleagues who
wanted to initiate him into cultism but the school claimed he died after
sustaining an injury during a football match.
The family had since demanded a coroner inquest into the
student’s death while the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu,
had said that some students have been arrested for the alleged assault.
Sylvester’s is one of the harrowing deaths of schoolchildren
resulting from bullying and molestations in boarding secondary schools of late.
Karen-Happuch Akpagher of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja,
had died of s3xual molestation in June 2021 while Don Davies of Deeper Life
High School, Uyo, had also narrowly escaped death in December 2020, when his
mother raised the alarm of alleged sodomy of her emaciated son.
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