A third prosecution witness, at the coroner’s inquest investigating the controversial death of a Dowen College Student, late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr has testified that the deceased did not die of blunt force trauma.
The Oromoni’s family doctor, Aghogho Owhojedo, who treated the victim from November 26, when he arrived in Warri till November 30, 2021 when he finally died, testified that he did not see any evidence of physical assault on the deceased. The doctor made the disclosure while answering questions from counsel to one of the accused Dowen College Students, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Godwin Omoaka. In the proceedings, which lasted over 7 hours at the Coroners Court sitting in Ikeja, Owhojedo said he treated the late Sylvester at the Oromoni’s home in Warri because his condition was not life-threatening when he first saw him on the 26.
Speaking further about the care administered to Sylvester, the doctor explained that he took blood samples and did a test for full blood count, random blood sugar, and typhoid fever, and the result showed he had malaria fever. He equally noticed the redness of the upper lips which may not be a result of malaria, so he referred the patient to saint Louis Diagnostics for scan and x-ray on the 29, and the result revealed he had enlarged liver which can be caused by heart failure, trauma from beating, sickle cell disease, ingestion of a harmful or toxic substance, sepsis and sometimes severe malaria. The Coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, adjourned proceedings till February 7, when father of the deceased, Sylvester Oromoni senior and his daughter, are expected to testify.
Chidozie Chima | September 20, 2024
