Popular Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh amid other celebrities has promised justice to Sylvester Oromoni, a late student of Dowen College, Lagos, who allegedly died due to bullying and battering by his classmates.
Various Nigerian celebrities like Adesua Etomi-Wellington, Kate Henshaw, Dr. Dipo Awojide, etc are trending the hashtag #justiceforsylvester on Instagram to agitate against the death of Sylvester who according to his parents, he supposed to clock twelve years today.
Tonto Dikeh wrote on an Instagram story that “I woke up with so much pain. How do you lose a child in a safe zone and whose birthday is today?.”
She continued, “Sending love and light to Master Sylvester’s family and loved ones. Happy birthday young champ, we promise you justice. #justiceforslyvester.”
She called out the school authority for lying and being unaware of the affairs of their students, she also noted that a child that was placed under their care had died.
She went further to appeal to people to drop flowers and gifts at the entrance of Dowen college in celebration of the birthday of the deceased boy.
Background story surrounding Sylvester’s death
On Tuesday, December 2nd, a Twitter user simply identified as @perrisonoromoni laid claims on Twitter that his young cousin, Sylvester Oromoni was beaten to death by fellow students for refusing to join a cult group and his school(Dowen College) where the fee is up to 1 million nairas.
The management of Dowen college, however, refuted the claims in a statement on Wednesday, they claimed that Oromoni was only admitted to the sickbay for hip pains due to a football injury and was treated by the school doctor.
However, photos and video evidence that supports the claims that Sylvester was battered and that the treatment led to his death surfaced on Twitter through @perrisonoromoni.
Following the viral reports of a Dowen College student being tortured for refusing to join the court, the Lagos State government ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen college.
Cries for justice and sympathy is rolling out on social media from citizens and celebrities and the hashtag #justiceforsylvester has since been trending.
