The family of the late Dowen College Student, Sylvester
Oromoni (Jnr.), has asked the coroner inquiring into his controversial death to
adjourn proceedings indefinitely.
A counsel from the Law Firm of Falana & Falana, Taiwo
Olawanle, made the application on the grounds that other parties to the
proceedings have not filed their witness depositions.
Counsel for Dowen College, Anthony Kpokpo, described the
application as tragic. Some other lawyers in the proceedings said it was an
attempt to stop the process as the truth was starting to come out, according to
Channels Television.
The coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, has held that the
application is vexatious especially as the court has ruled on the matter and
ordered all parties to file their witness deposition by Tuesday, February 1.
The court also ordered that all pending witnesses should be
present in court at the next sitting on Monday, January 31.
Channels Television gathered that the father of the
deceased, Sylvester Oromoni Snr and his sister were due to testify before the
coroner on Friday but failed to show up.
The court has also notified all parties that subsequent
sittings will hold at the Lagos High Court, Ikeja.
Meanwhile, the coroner has dismissed the application of the
Ijaw Youth Council, Lagos Chapter seeking to be joined as interested parties in
the proceedings.
The court held that their interest is subsumed in that of
the family of the deceased who are already represented by counsel at the
proceedings.
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