A petition titled, ‘Justice for Sylvester Oromoni Jnr’ by Timi Oromoni Fabunmi, a family member of the deceased student of Dowen college, on the change.org platform has received 41513 signatures as of 12.10 am on Sunday.
The petition, which was filed on Saturday, was directed at the International Criminal Court to give justice to Sylvester who was tortured to death by some students of Dowen college for refusing to join cult group.
The petition on change.org is titled, ‘Justice for Sylvester Oromoni Jnr.’
It reads, “On Tuesday 30/11/2021 we lost our brother 12 years old Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. He was a son, grandson, brother, cousin, uncle to his little nieces, he was a friend, he meant everything to us and Yes he was only a child an innocent child.
He was taken from us in the most gruesome of manner beaten by senior 5 boys in his hostel in Dowen College Lekki Lagos state. He was tortured by these boys in his school and compelled to silence otherwise they threatened to kill him.
This torture and beatings lead to injuries unimaginable and the school authorities without a proper duty of care took his agony at face value and claimed he had a fall playing soccer. Without proper investigation or care, they called his parents to pick him up.
The family upon seeing their once healthy vibrant child knew these pains and injuries were beyond a domestic fall. The child could barely articulate words and move without these heart-wrenching painful sounds.
Sylvester Jnr reported to the family he did not fall as alleged by the school. He said he was beaten and tortured by 5 senior students and mentioned their names. The students are from influential families and the school is trying to bury the case.
Sign and help us find justice for Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. It’s our fight he could be your son, your brother, your cousin. #justiceforsylvester.”
