Sylvester Oromoni, the Dowen College student who was killed by his schoolmates for refusing to join a cult died of acute lung injury owing to chemical poisoning, and blunt force trauma, an autopsy conducted by a general hospital in Warri, Delta state has revealed. 

Online health advocate, Dr Oluwafunmilayo shared an authenticated copy of the report on his Twitter profile. According to the report, Sylvester had a “scalded upper lip” which is evidence of toxic chemical ingestion and injury. That means the chemical was so toxic it left his lips with burns. This ingestion would go on to cause “gastric erosion” inside of his stomach.
Mr Olufunmilayo went on to explain that “acute gastric erosion” refers to a recent injury to the stomach’s inner lining that corrodes it, causes it to bleed, and causes internal injury.

“So this acute gastric erosion with scalded lips shows this boy was forcefully made to drink a toxic chemical that burnt his lips and eroded his stomach.

“He had “acute lung injury”. Now when a person is made to forcefully drink a toxic chemical, parts of it go into their lungs as well as their stomach. And this will cause lung injury as well as stomach injury,” Mr Olufunmilayo tweeted.

Late Oromoni also had a swelling of the brain “cerebral edema” which could cause death or unconsciousness which could be caused by drinking dangerous chemicals.

Mr Olufunmilayo further explained that the late Oromoni could not have sustained the injury from football, considering that he sustained bruised flanks – an area between the hips on the back that suggest that he was kicked and beaten even when he had fallen to the ground.

“It is only lunatics that will read this autopsy and still blame this boy. He sustained “bruised flanks/back”. Your flank is the area between your ribs and your hips on your back.
“Bruises here suggest he was beaten or kicked- which gave him bruises in that area. Now picture a boy lying on the floor and being kicked, this is where you get bruises.
“So when you piece the whole autopsy result together, what you get is the inevitable conclusion that this is a MURDER,” Mr Olufunmlayo said.