More alarming allegations about how senior pupils at Dowen College allegedly engaged in bullying long before the murder of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni have emerged from two former female Dowen College students.
Sylvester’s cousin, Perry Oromoni, has turned to social media to claim that some senior students at the college assaulted him in his hostel room for refusing to join a cult, according to InsightnaijaTV.
The school, on the other hand, refuted the claim, claiming that the youngster had complained of leg and hip pain as a result of a football injury.
The Lagos State Government has ordered the institution to be closed indefinitely in order to conduct a comprehensive investigation.
Two former Dowen College female students spoke with Vanguard about how they protected their siblings, particularly boys, from bullying.
One of them, Pat, stated she had resorted to establishing a relationship with a Senior Secondary 3 student in 2017 in order to protect her brother, a Junior Secondary 2 kid, from the horrors of bullying.
Pat, a 2018 graduate of the college, said, “late Sylvester’s case isn’t the first case of bullying in Dowen’s college. It has been ongoing. I suspect he was taken to the extreme.
“I was forced to go into a relationship with one SSS 3 boy who was a bully in 2017,. This was because he always picked on my brother who was in JSS 2.
He asked me out when I was in SSS 1. I told him I would give it a thought. When he saw I was not forthcoming, he started bullying my brother who just come in. It got worse when he was in JSS 2. I had to give in, to save my brother the beating.
I was not the only one. Some girls in SSS 1 and SSS 2 passed through same “.
To back up her allegation, she called one of her former classmates at the University of Benin, Edo State, who is studying law, and playfully asked her to tell her about her experiences with bullies at Dowen.
“It was God who saved our brothers o, you know now,” the girl on the other end said without hesitation.
The lady on the other end of the line dropped her voice in surprise when told to explain further to this reporter. “You should have informed me that I was being interviewed by a journalist,” she remarked. Please don’t reveal my true identity to her. You do not have the authorization to do so, I repeat.
“For me, I bought expensive cloths and perfumes for one particular senior then,” the undergraduate revealed after considerable pressure and a promise not to mention her name in print. He hit me for the first time he hit me.
One afternoon, I got the confidence to approach him. I pleaded with him to stop bullying my younger brother, who was my parents’ only child. Before he would accept my request, he told me I needed to get him perfume. That’s what I did. I continued to purchase his fragrances and outfits till he graduated in SS 2.
Such matters were never brought to the attention of the school. And anyone went to report a case of bullying, woe betides them. It is preferable for the child to drop out of school.
When I went to SSS 3, though, I stood up for some Junior kids who were being bullied. I utilized the tactic of making them my schoolchildren.
“Victims of bullying could easily be identified among their peers. They were usually withdrawn and live in fear. They jostle at the slightest noise.
“These and other signs are what management of schools and parents should look out for”, she said.
More alarming allegations about how senior pupils at Dowen College allegedly engaged in bullying long before the murder of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni have emerged from two former female Dowen College students.
Sylvester’s cousin, Perry Oromoni, has turned to social media to claim that some senior students at the college assaulted him in his hostel room for refusing to join a cult, according to InsightnaijaTV.
The school, on the other hand, refuted the claim, claiming that the youngster had complained of leg and hip pain as a result of a football injury.
The Lagos State Government has ordered the institution to be closed indefinitely in order to conduct a comprehensive investigation.
Two former Dowen College female students spoke with Vanguard about how they protected their siblings, particularly boys, from bullying.
One of them, Pat, stated she had resorted to establishing a relationship with a Senior Secondary 3 student in 2017 in order to protect her brother, a Junior Secondary 2 kid, from the horrors of bullying.
Pat, a 2018 graduate of the college, said, “late Sylvester’s case isn’t the first case of bullying in Dowen’s college. It has been ongoing. I suspect he was taken to the extreme.
“I was forced to go into a relationship with one SSS 3 boy who was a bully in 2017,. This was because he always picked on my brother who was in JSS 2.
He asked me out when I was in SSS 1. I told him I would give it a thought. When he saw I was not forthcoming, he started bullying my brother who just come in. It got worse when he was in JSS 2. I had to give in, to save my brother the beating.
I was not the only one. Some girls in SSS 1 and SSS 2 passed through same “.
To back up her allegation, she called one of her former classmates at the University of Benin, Edo State, who is studying law, and playfully asked her to tell her about her experiences with bullies at Dowen.
“It was God who saved our brothers o, you know now,” the girl on the other end said without hesitation.
The lady on the other end of the line dropped her voice in surprise when told to explain further to this reporter. “You should have informed me that I was being interviewed by a journalist,” she remarked. Please don’t reveal my true identity to her. You do not have the authorization to do so, I repeat.
“For me, I bought expensive cloths and perfumes for one particular senior then,” the undergraduate revealed after considerable pressure and a promise not to mention her name in print. He hit me for the first time he hit me.
One afternoon, I got the confidence to approach him. I pleaded with him to stop bullying my younger brother, who was my parents’ only child. Before he would accept my request, he told me I needed to get him perfume. That’s what I did. I continued to purchase his fragrances and outfits till he graduated in SS 2.
Such matters were never brought to the attention of the school. And anyone went to report a case of bullying, woe betides them. It is preferable for the child to drop out of school.
When I went to SSS 3, though, I stood up for some Junior kids who were being bullied. I utilized the tactic of making them my schoolchildren.
“Victims of bullying could easily be identified among their peers. They were usually withdrawn and live in fear. They jostle at the slightest noise.
“These and other signs are what management of schools and parents should look out for”, she said.
More alarming allegations about how senior pupils at Dowen College allegedly engaged in bullying long before the murder of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni have emerged from two former female Dowen College students.
Sylvester’s cousin, Perry Oromoni, has turned to social media to claim that some senior students at the college assaulted him in his hostel room for refusing to join a cult, according to InsightnaijaTV.
The school, on the other hand, refuted the claim, claiming that the youngster had complained of leg and hip pain as a result of a football injury.
The Lagos State Government has ordered the institution to be closed indefinitely in order to conduct a comprehensive investigation.
Two former Dowen College female students spoke with Vanguard about how they protected their siblings, particularly boys, from bullying.
One of them, Pat, stated she had resorted to establishing a relationship with a Senior Secondary 3 student in 2017 in order to protect her brother, a Junior Secondary 2 kid, from the horrors of bullying.
Pat, a 2018 graduate of the college, said, “late Sylvester’s case isn’t the first case of bullying in Dowen’s college. It has been ongoing. I suspect he was taken to the extreme.
“I was forced to go into a relationship with one SSS 3 boy who was a bully in 2017,. This was because he always picked on my brother who was in JSS 2.
He asked me out when I was in SSS 1. I told him I would give it a thought. When he saw I was not forthcoming, he started bullying my brother who just come in. It got worse when he was in JSS 2. I had to give in, to save my brother the beating.
I was not the only one. Some girls in SSS 1 and SSS 2 passed through same “.
To back up her allegation, she called one of her former classmates at the University of Benin, Edo State, who is studying law, and playfully asked her to tell her about her experiences with bullies at Dowen.
“It was God who saved our brothers o, you know now,” the girl on the other end said without hesitation.
The lady on the other end of the line dropped her voice in surprise when told to explain further to this reporter. “You should have informed me that I was being interviewed by a journalist,” she remarked. Please don’t reveal my true identity to her. You do not have the authorization to do so, I repeat.
“For me, I bought expensive cloths and perfumes for one particular senior then,” the undergraduate revealed after considerable pressure and a promise not to mention her name in print. He hit me for the first time he hit me.
One afternoon, I got the confidence to approach him. I pleaded with him to stop bullying my younger brother, who was my parents’ only child. Before he would accept my request, he told me I needed to get him perfume. That’s what I did. I continued to purchase his fragrances and outfits till he graduated in SS 2.
Such matters were never brought to the attention of the school. And anyone went to report a case of bullying, woe betides them. It is preferable for the child to drop out of school.
When I went to SSS 3, though, I stood up for some Junior kids who were being bullied. I utilized the tactic of making them my schoolchildren.
“Victims of bullying could easily be identified among their peers. They were usually withdrawn and live in fear. They jostle at the slightest noise.
“These and other signs are what management of schools and parents should look out for”, she said.
More alarming allegations about how senior pupils at Dowen College allegedly engaged in bullying long before the murder of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni have emerged from two former female Dowen College students.
Sylvester’s cousin, Perry Oromoni, has turned to social media to claim that some senior students at the college assaulted him in his hostel room for refusing to join a cult, according to InsightnaijaTV.
The school, on the other hand, refuted the claim, claiming that the youngster had complained of leg and hip pain as a result of a football injury.
The Lagos State Government has ordered the institution to be closed indefinitely in order to conduct a comprehensive investigation.
Two former Dowen College female students spoke with Vanguard about how they protected their siblings, particularly boys, from bullying.
One of them, Pat, stated she had resorted to establishing a relationship with a Senior Secondary 3 student in 2017 in order to protect her brother, a Junior Secondary 2 kid, from the horrors of bullying.
Pat, a 2018 graduate of the college, said, “late Sylvester’s case isn’t the first case of bullying in Dowen’s college. It has been ongoing. I suspect he was taken to the extreme.
“I was forced to go into a relationship with one SSS 3 boy who was a bully in 2017,. This was because he always picked on my brother who was in JSS 2.
He asked me out when I was in SSS 1. I told him I would give it a thought. When he saw I was not forthcoming, he started bullying my brother who just come in. It got worse when he was in JSS 2. I had to give in, to save my brother the beating.
I was not the only one. Some girls in SSS 1 and SSS 2 passed through same “.
To back up her allegation, she called one of her former classmates at the University of Benin, Edo State, who is studying law, and playfully asked her to tell her about her experiences with bullies at Dowen.
“It was God who saved our brothers o, you know now,” the girl on the other end said without hesitation.
The lady on the other end of the line dropped her voice in surprise when told to explain further to this reporter. “You should have informed me that I was being interviewed by a journalist,” she remarked. Please don’t reveal my true identity to her. You do not have the authorization to do so, I repeat.
“For me, I bought expensive cloths and perfumes for one particular senior then,” the undergraduate revealed after considerable pressure and a promise not to mention her name in print. He hit me for the first time he hit me.
One afternoon, I got the confidence to approach him. I pleaded with him to stop bullying my younger brother, who was my parents’ only child. Before he would accept my request, he told me I needed to get him perfume. That’s what I did. I continued to purchase his fragrances and outfits till he graduated in SS 2.
Such matters were never brought to the attention of the school. And anyone went to report a case of bullying, woe betides them. It is preferable for the child to drop out of school.
When I went to SSS 3, though, I stood up for some Junior kids who were being bullied. I utilized the tactic of making them my schoolchildren.
“Victims of bullying could easily be identified among their peers. They were usually withdrawn and live in fear. They jostle at the slightest noise.
“These and other signs are what management of schools and parents should look out for”, she said.
