A Dowen College housemaster, Ahmed Ayomo, has told the Lagos State coroner probing the circumstances surrounding the death of one of the students of the school, Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr) that he was not bullied.
Ayomo told Magistrate Mikail Kadiri that the school had in placed an effective monitoring system which would have exposed any form of torture as alleged by the parents of the deceased.
The deceased father had earlier told the Coroner that his late son was threatened to join a cult group and forced to drink a substance that led to his death.
But Ayomo, who also said he is a teacher in the school, stated that he wasn’t aware that the deceased was beaten.
The witnesss also said that it is impossible for the deceased to be dragged down, beaten with a belt and the school authorities would not know.
While under cross-examination with the lawyer representing the state government, Akin George, the teacher confirmed that the deceased requested to change his room in October 2021 due to missing personal effects.
