CCTV Cameras Now Being Installed At Dowen College-Teacher

Dowen College, Lagos, has begun the installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras following the death of a 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr.

A teacher and houseparent at the college, Ahmed Ayomo, made the disclosure on Monday before an Ikeja Corona’s Court unravelling the circumstances surrounding the student’s death.

Oromoni’s family is alleging that he died from injuries he sustained in an attack by five senior students of Dowen College for refusing to join a cult.

The family also alleges that the late student was forced to drink an obnoxious substance by his attackers.

Advice by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions released on Jan. 4, however, disputed the allegations.

It stated that an autopsy revealed the cause of the student’s death as acute bacterial pneumonia due to severe sepsis.

Ayomo, who has been employed by Dowen College for 13 years, made the disclosure while answering questions from the Coroner, Mikhail Kadiri.

Ayomo, who served as a guardian to the late student, also told the court that, to ensure safety and security of students, additional apartments for houseparents were being built on each block of hostels in the college.

Regarding the bullying allegation, Ayomo said that he was not aware if the school management took any disciplinary action against the student that asked the deceased to describe the private part of his elder sister.

“The Assistant Director of the hostel, Valentine, punished the student for the act but I am not aware if the management as a whole took any disciplinary action against him,” he said.

Kadiri asked, “As a father, if it were you, how would you feel? Would you still have confidence in the school?”

Ayomo responded that he would not feel happy but he would still have confidence in the school.