As the court proceedings on the death of 12 year old Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni continues amidst public scrutiny, the Founder and chairman of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Dr. Olumide Phillips, and members of the school’s board have stepped down from office.
This was contained in a statement signed by Tomi Borisade on behalf of the school in Lagos on Thursday..
According to the statement, the move was to allow a new generation of professionals take over to enhance effectiveness.
On the death of Sylvester,
The board, while condoling with the Oromoni family, prayed no such incident occurred again, adding that the school was complying with the Lagos State Ministry of Education on the matter and had taken on board their guidance and suggestions on areas of improvement, while awaiting the directive to reopen the school which was shut in December.
Meanwhile the family of the late Sylvester have – through a counsel from the Law Firm of Falana & Falana, Taiwo Olawanle – filed an application asking the coroner enquiring into his death to adjourn proceedings indefinitely on the grounds that other parties to the proceedings have not filed their witness depositions.
The coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri however held that the application was vexatious especially as the court has ruled on the matter. She subsequently 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.
According to reports gathered, 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.
