Tobi Adebayo
The family of late Ogun State Senator, Buruji Kashamu have broken their silence on the involvement of their son in the death of a Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr.
Recall that in a viral video, Sylvester, on his death bed, had named Michael Adewale Kashamu as one of the fellow students that assaulted him, leading to internal injuries.
However, the family, in a statement issued on Monday denied Michael’s involvement and urged the public to allow the police to conclude investigations into the matter.
“The Kashamu family has been inundated with enquiries, calls and messages over the unfortunate incident at Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, that led to the untimely death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of the College.
“Most commentators have rushed to conclusions based on assumptions and false information, including the allegation that our son Adewale Michael Kashamu was involved in the bullying or beating of Sylvester Oromoni.
”We as a family have made our own private enquiries and carefully questioned our son about his involvement. This is why we didn’t rush out to respond to the cyber-stalking, name-calling and negative commentaries that have taken over the social media about our son’s alleged involvement in this sad incident.
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”Some of the true facts now slowly emerging from under the mass of lies are that: Our son, Adewale Michael Kashamu, had acted as a school father for the late Sylvester in his first session in the school at the request of Sylvester’s sister who is also a student of the school.
“However, in the 2021 session which began in September 2021 Adewale Michael Kashamu was moved to a different floor in the boarding house and engrossed in his own studies and activities, our son was no longer as close to Sylvester as in the previous session,” the statement read in part.
