Sylvester Oromoni, father of the late 12-year-old pupil of Dowen College has insisted that his died from bullying and battery.
This is coming after the school authority of Dowen College denied claims of the incident being a cult related one.
Daily Report Nigeria can recall that the JS2 Sylvester Oromoni Junior died on Tuesday from internal injuries sustained from being battered by suspected cultist over his refusal to join them.
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Mr Sylvester, who is the Chairman, Delta State Task Force on Environment revealed that his son lived in perpetulal fear in the days that preceded his death.
He explained that the other students had threatened his son that the deceased was so afraid to speak up, adding that his son was at some point fed with a chemical substance.
He said, “The boys (suspects) they mentioned were also reported to the school last term when they bullied Junior (Sylvester) and collected all his foodstuffs and clothes.
“I have two daughters; one of whom earlier graduated. I had to remove the second after this incident. They asked this boy to describe the sister’s privates and this got to us.
“They put fear in him so much so that, when you ask him, he might keep to himself and say, ‘they will kill me’.
“This way, we didn’t know what to do. I considered removing him; reconsidered since his sisters were still in the school.
On how the family was notified of Junior’s condition, Mr Oromoni said;
“The new incident came to my knowledge on November 21 after the school called my wife to notify us that our son was in the school clinic, injured.
“My senior son, who was to make a London trip, came to see us in Warri.
“The next day, we sent a family friend to help pick up our son since he was the only person in Lagos and take him to the hospital.
“When he got there, he panicked, pointing out that he doubts it’s a football injury as the school claimed. He said the boy couldn’t stand because his waist was bent and swollen along with one side of his belly.
“His mouth was black. I asked, ‘is this really a football injury?’ He was taken to my house in Lagos but couldn’t sleep at night.
“I asked my eldest to fly to Lagos on November 24, while I took a trip to Asaba, from where I’d also make for Lagos.
“On getting there, he screamed. ‘This is beyond football injury. Come to Lagos now,’ he told me over the phone.”
Mr Oromoni said Junior had told his mother he did not engage in football activities, neither did he fall to receive the injuries as narrated by the school.
He said Junior was attacked in his hostel room while with other students.
“Junior said, ‘mummy, I didn’t play ball; I didn’t fall.’ He jumped off his hostel bed. They kicked him, matched his waist. Other students ran off.
“They threatened to kill them all if they spoke a word to the school staff. They warned Junior to say he sustained injuries while playing ball. They threatened him. If you ask the roommate, they’d all lie.
“They matched his ribs and waist. All that pain for a 12-year-old,” he said, trailing off into a soft sob over the phone.
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