A consultant pathologist at the Central Hospital, Warri,
Delta, Dr Clement Vhriterhire, who carried out the first autopsy on Dowen
College Student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., said there was no proof of chemical
intoxication in his body.
The pathologist said his findings revealed that Oromoni died
from acute inflammatory pneumonia due to severe sepsis.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Vhriterhire
conducted the first autopsy on the deceased 12-year-old student on Dec. 2, 2021
in Warri.
Testifying on Monday before an Ikeja Coroner’s Court, the
pathologist, while responding to questions from the Coroner, Mr Mikhail Kadiri,
said contrary to social media reports, there were no signs of chemical
intoxication found in the deceased.
He said: “This is the final autopsy report that I issued.
After I had settled down and reviewed my microscopic slide, in light of nothing
significant from the toxicology, I married everything together.
“In the absence of chemical intoxication, and different
organs were showing inflammatory processes, I came about acute inflammatory
pneumonia due to severe sepsis. This is my final report.”
The witness had earlier told the court that he was served a
paper by the police on Dec. 2, 2021 to carry out an autopsy, which was
conducted at Safe Haven Medicaid, Warri.
Vhriterhire said prior to conducting the autopsy, he was
informed that the deceased was beaten to death and that upon viewing the body,
he did not see any open injury suggesting the deceased was beaten.
He told the inquest that the father of the deceased had
provided his medical history.
“He told me the deceased was allegedly beaten which led to
his death. That was the initial information before I touched the body.
“After that, I opened the body appropriately. I expected to
see certain things on the deceased body based on the information I was given
but I did not see any open injury that suggested that he was beaten.
“The only thing external was bruises and scalding of the
lips. I was expecting internal bleeding, maybe rupture of the internal organ
but I saw none.
“At this point, I informed the member of the family that I
didn’t see any evidence the deceased was beaten.
“They called the father and told me that in the process of
being beaten, the deceased was given a poisonous substance to drink,” he said.
The pathologist further said he saw a chocolate coloured
material mixed with blood after he opened up the deceased and took the samples
for toxicology.
“I opened the stomach based on what I saw, there was a
chocolate colour material mixed with mucus. I considered toxicology the only
way I could know what the substance meant.
“I took some samples, blood from the heart, and a piece of
liver, for toxicology. I also took a piece from the tongue and most organs of
the body and processed them,” he said.
He added that towards the end of the week, he received a
call from the Police in Lagos that the father of the deceased had formally made
a complaint and would like another autopsy to be carried out in Lagos.
“On that Sunday afternoon, I had to rush to the office and
check the microscopic slide to write out the report.
“I found out that the blood vessel was not clearly healthy
under the microscope, I also discovered acute lung injury, added with the story
that the deceased was beaten, I came about the interim report while still
waiting for toxicology to validate,” he said.
The witness, moreover, told the court that he was 100 per
cent in agreement with the second autopsy report, conducted by the acting Chief
Medical Examiner of Lagos State, Dr Sokunle Soyemi.
“I was at the second autopsy in Lagos as an observer because
the father of the deceased informed me to be present all through.
“I did not have anything in my mind that would make me think
nothing was wrong with the second autopsy as I agree 100 per cent with the
result,” he said.
The coroner adjourned proceedings until March 14 for
continuation of hearing.
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