Since the news of a 12-year-old who was brutally beaten and injured went viral Nigerians have been calling out the school where the incident took place for explanation. Sylvester Oromoni Junior is the child who who was brutally beaten and injured at Dowen College.
Cousin to Sylvester Junior, releases video of the his condition before he passed on. In his tweet, he says “This was the state of Sylvester junior before he died. He couldn’t raise a leg or an arm.”
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His cousin alleged that the 12-year-old was beaten to death after he refused to succumb to pressure by fellow students to join a cult. According to him, the deceased mentioned the names of five persons responsible for the pain before he finally gave up the ghost on Tuesday.
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Reacting in a press statement, the school claimed the deceased sustained injuries while playing football and was given immediate medical attention by the school’s resident nurse. Subsequently, the student complained of having pains in his hip and was attended to again, this time by a doctor and a nurse and thereafter taken to his house, the statement said. The school further said it had carried out a preliminary investigation where it was confirmed that there was no case of bullying, adding that it has policies that are strongly anti-cultism. It also claimed there is a very cordial relationship between the school and the family.
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