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The Mother, alleged Dowen College bully Edward Brown, speaks out.
The Mother, alleged Dowen College bully Edward Brown, speaks out.
The Mother, alleged Dowen College bully Edward Brown, speaks out.
The Mother, alleged Dowen College bully Edward Brown, speaks out.
The mother of Edward Brown, one of the students accused of torturing Dowen College student Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., has finally spoken out NewsReport gathered.
Ms Oluchi stressed in a statement released on Tuesday that her son was not involved in Sylvester’s death.
Perry Oromoni, Sylvester’s cousin, had taken to social media to claim that some senior students at the college had beaten him up in his hostel room for refusing to join a cult.
The school, on the other hand, denied the claim, claiming that the boy complained of pain in his legs and hip as a result of an injury sustained while playing football.
Following a public outcry, the Lagos State Government ordered the school to be closed indefinitely on Friday, December 3, 2021, to allow for a thorough investigation.
Since his death made news, the names of some students he reportedly mentioned as attacking him before he passed on have been shared online.
According to her, Edward is a day student and wasn’t on the school premises on the day Sylvester was attacked.
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Her statement reads:
“It has come to my attention that some individuals caused rumours to be peddled on social media platforms suggesting that my son Edward Brown is one of the students allegedly involved in the beating of the late Sylvester Oromoni Jr at a Dowen College hostel, which resulted in his untimely death.
“To set the record straight, I wish to bring the following facts to the public notice, which demonstrate that such rumours are false, malicious and lack any basis whatsoever:
“1. My son is a day student and has never been a border.
“2. Because my son is a day student, he was not on the school premises at the time when the unfortunate incident occurred, precisely on the night of 21st November 2021, during a weekend and so, could not have been in the hostel as alleged.
“3. In a social media post made on 1st of December 2021, on the deceased’s elder brother’s Instagram page, “greatoromonii”, five names, including Dowen College were mentioned before the conclusion: “… just know he called your names before he died”. My son’s name was not among those names.
“As a result of these false and malicious rumours, my son and I have been under constant attack via social media, with insults and threats being hurled at us daily. This has caused us much emotional distress and mental trauma.
“Therefore, on behalf of myself and my son, Edward Brown, I hereby demand that managers of social media and other platforms where the false and libellous rumours are circulating, immediately retract the offending posts and tender a public apology to us.
“We commiserate with the Oromini family for the tragic loss of Sylvester Oromini Jr and pray for the repose of his soul.
