The end may not have been heard of the case of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr) as the Lagos State Police Command says it awaits a toxicology report, which would ascertain the actual cause of death.
Daily Trust had reported that Oromoni allegedly died as a result of the beating he received at the hands of five senior students of Dowen College for refusing to join their cult group.
Following his death, five students of Dowen College and some housemasters were arrested and detained at the Homicide Section of the State Criminal and Investigations Department, Panti Street, Yaba.
Giving an update on police investigations to unravel circumstances surrounding the mysterious death on Friday at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, the State Police boss, Hakeem Odumosu, said the command had sent samples of the deceased overseas to toxicologist to carry out a detailed scientific examination on it.
Odumosu who was speaking on the sideline said the outcome of the report would ascertain the actual cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni.
He said the command was not yet at the peak of the investigations but that homicide detectives have concluded their investigation.
He said at the peak of investigations, the command sent the report to the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.
He said that DPP had also replied to the command, adding that homicide detectives had also gone through the medical report, which is the post mortem.
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