Dr Aghogho Owhojede, who treated the late Sylvester Oromoni before his death, did not give medical diagnosis for the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos.

Owhojede, the Oromoni family doctor, also did not issue the student’s certificate of death.

The counsel to Dowen College made the claim on Tuesday at a coroner’s inquest to unravel the circumstances sorrounding the death of the student.

The counsel, Mr Anthony Kpokpo, examined Owhojede at an Ikeja Coroner’s Court.

Owhojede gave evidence for more than seven hours (9.30am to 5.15pm) at the inquest.

He was questioned by counsel representing Dowen College, two accused students of the school, Lagos State Government and Nigerian Bar Association.

Owhojede, who has practised general medicine for 24 years, has been the Oromoni family doctor for 15 years.

He treated the late student at home for acute malaria from Nov. 26, 2021, until his death on Nov. 30, 2021.

Holding Owhojede’s medical notes during proceedings, counsel to Dowen College, Kpokpo, said that the document revealed that Owhojede never gave diagnosis for the late student.

Disputing Kpokpo’s claims, Owhojede said, “The diagnosis is not stated there (medical notes) but it is implied.”

The doctor disagreed with the counsel’s assertion that a medical note without a diagnosis “is directionless”, but agreed that it was not normal to treat a patient without diagnosis.

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Asking the medical doctor why he did not issue the late student’s certificate of death, Kpokpo said: “You told the police that you did not issue certificate of death because there was much wailing in your hospital.

“Were you one of those wailing? Did the wailing affect your professional judgment?”

Responding, Owhojede admitted not issuing certificate of death