By Saidu Idris
365Daily – A gory revelation has emerged concerning the alleged bullying at Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, that led to the unfortunate death of 12-year old Sylvester Oromoni, last week.
One of the students who shared the same hostel as the late Oromoni, disclosed to a friend, simply identified as Tamara, details about what transpired the night Oromoni was brutally beaten.
According to the student whose name was not disclosed because of his safety, both the Principal of the school and the House master, were allegedly in the know of the incident, but curiously decided to twist the narrative for inexplicable reasons.
This new insight was given through a number of WhatsApp messages to the said Tamara.
According to the boy, “Sly got beat up on Saturday 27th of November by the boys that were named and the ring leader was Favor, Anslem and Michael is more of a follower.
I was in the room the day they came in.
“Sly was on his bed and we were just talking and playing in our hostel room as usual after we cleaned. At about evening time the senior boys came in and senior Favour switched off the light they were holding their belts with them.
“They were not 5 but 6 senior boys; I don’t know who exactly was part of the beating, but I know senior Edwin was there for sure.
“They beat him up and he fell from his bunk and after they were done, they called us back to the room and Anslem said the school rules piss him off and if we snitch the way Sly did to them, they would do even worse things to us. Sly was still on the ground and Favor kicked his head again before they left.
“In the morning on Sunday, Sly was on his bed and he complained that he couldn’t walk so the seniors called us to their room and said if we snitch they would know and that if they ask us what is wrong we should say he played football.
“The dorm master knew there was a beating that occurred, so I don’t understand why they are lying on the internet that he wasn’t aware.
“Even the following morning Sly went to the sick bay and it was obvious he was beaten and because no football can break bones and moreover that week we didn’t have or play football or sport activities.
“I tried to explain to the Principal what happened but they keep shutting us up and saying he was playing football even before Sly’s uncle came to pick him up, my friend and I told our dorm master, Mr Ahmed, what really happened but they didn’t want to listen to us.
“I can’t sleep so I decided to speak the truth, everything Sly said before he died was the truth.
“We didn’t know he was dead till we were sent home and picked by our parents
They told us he was getting withdrawn from the school.
This is not the first case that has happen in Dowen, they always hid and cover it up. The junior student are not always protected by the teachers or Principal, if we report anonymously they would make us suffer for reporting.”