In accordance with a report by SaharaReporters, Peter Odewo-Oritse, Operations Supervisor at Ken Ben Nig. Ltd., an organization in Warri, Delta State, owned by father of late Sylvester Oromoni, stated the deceased had been recognized with enlarged liver however the household didn't taken him to a hospital.
Odewo-Oritse said this whereas testifying earlier than Justice of the Peace Mikail Kadiri throughout a coroner's inquest into Oromoni's loss of life on the Epe Justice of the Peace Courtroom, Lagos.
In accordance with him, the Oromoni household had obtained a scan outcome from St Louis Hospital, Ekurede, Warri, Delta State, the place it was found that the boy suffered liver enlargement.
He said this whereas responding to questions requested by Akande, one of many legal professionals to the Lagos State Authorities.
He claimed the take a look at was performed on November 27, 2021 however the household didn't go to a hospital.
Odewo-Oritse alleged that Oromoni was being handled for Malaria by the household regardless of the boy complaining of "severe body pain".
In an earlier assertion taken by the police, Odewo-Oritse stated Oromoni arrived in Warri on November 26, 2021 and on the instruction of 1 Dr Aghogho Owhojedo, he was taken for a scan, however it was not till November 30, 2021 that the household took him to the physician for therapy.
Oromoni, a 12-year-old scholar at Dowen School, Lekki, Lagos, handed away on the identical day he was ultimately taken to the hospital.
In the meantime, a guardian to the deceased, Clifford Tejere, had earlier informed the coroner that after choosing up the boy from college, he didn't take him to a hospital however tried to play soccer on PlayStation4 with him.