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The more I try to pen down something about the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the more tears rolls down from my eyes like I have known the young lad before now. But the truth is I don't need to know him before I can feel the pain of Sylvester's death for one reason is that every life matters and secondly the circumstances that led to his death is indeed ugly, disturbing and in the most criuel manner.


First, parents are indeed failing nowadays in their primary responsibility which is raising children. The death of master Sylvester is a pointer to failed parenting and a failed system. Which ever way you look at it, the mindless killers who tortured sylvester came from a home, had parents and maybe attends church or mosque. The big question is what are their parents teaching them and what are their religious leaders telling them?

The holy book said "train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it" these mindless boys who beat sylvester to death what kind of training were they given? I need not bother my head asking same question because I know there is a total collapse of parenting today. Every parent is now busy with chasing money. House girls and boys are now the managers of home especially in the circle of the rich.

Growing up, my parents made us learn the rudiments of life from cleaning to cooking, from washing to morals. But today the reverse is the case. All parents do is position their wards for cruise and enjoyment. No thourough upbringing. They neither know how to cook nor wash their cloths or dishes after eating. House maids are there after all to do it for them. The right teachings are missing and what we have are shadows yet we call them children. They are children who are only good at pressing phone and watching all manner of nonsense. How will such children not beat up a fellow school mate until he dies?

The death of Sylvester is such a painful one and is condemnable by all sane minds. But Sylvester parents have to share from the blame. I am not being heartless here, after all young sylvester is now gone. But most importantly is that we must learn from this sad event even as parents. Truth be told what this young lad went through is a daily occurrence in most schools. In some schools management are aware but for some reasons are doing nothing about it.

Reading the account of this sad event from Sylvester Oromoni Snr, sailient points were made. First, their son had been a victim of mindless intimidation for sometimes which he had reported to his parents. Secondly, the killers had threatened him severally with death which he also told his parents. Thirdly, the killers had requested of him to describe the private of his sister which he also mentioned to his parents. The question is what did the parents do about all of these report brought home by their son Sylvester?

It is very clear that for once, neither the father nor the mother made effort to report any of those anormally to the school management for prompt action. Even at a point when the father thought of changing him from the school because of all the unfolding, yet he changed his mind and left Sylvester to stay back Dowen College. From the account it was also established that Sylvester himself at one point told his parents to change him from Dowen College Lekki but his requested was never granted.

The most sad part of it all has happened, like I opined earlier we must learn from this. As a parent, it is utterly dangerous to be indecisive. Again, as parents we must always pay attention to the reports being brought back from school by our children. Everything must not be termed a child's talk. We must also make out quality time with our children, so we can always examine them physically, emotionally and psychologically.

We have a terrible system in Nigeria that makes all of us vulnerable and endangered species. Imagine Dowen College trying to cover the truth claiming Sylvester had injuries from playing football. Even the players playing for satan club have never been badly injured like that. To make matter worst they declared a two days shutdown of the school and were ready to reopen the third day using exam as an excuse like nothing ever hapoened. Who does that? That is how careless, callous and insensitive the system we find ourselves in can be.

Just imagine we had a working system, couldn't the school management have noticed the hoodlums some parents were paying millions of naira for as school fees for? If we had a working system couldn't they have noticed the kind of children they were breeding before they got out of hand? Couldn't they have reported the matter as it is knowing fully well that life was involved? But no, they chose to hide the truth, aid and abate evil for reasons best known to them. But who cares anyways, the chicken have come home to roost and justice must prevail.

I also heard that one of the criminals involved in this destardly act has been flown abroad by his parents. Then I ask myself why? For what reason exactly was he flown abroad? Is it to exhonorate him or what? But then that also speaks volume of his parents who could conceal such rather than come clean but decided to jet their son for fear of arrest I guess.

Nigeria has become a very dangerous place to leave in. No where is safe anymore. Just recently I saw a picture of a young boarding school girl who was rapped to death by her school mates or something. What these events means is that our schools are no longer safe. Cultists, drug addicts, homosexuals, lesbians now have a field day in our secondary schools. That is how low we have fallen as a nation.

Dear Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, farewell! I have never met you before, but I am in pain that you had to depart this wicked world like this. Everything earthly failed you but heaven got your back. Adieu young lad! Adieu!


#justiceforsylvester

The parents failed.
This is not the first time we are hearing cases like this in boarding houses

Such cases are rare in day schools.
Because there is daily parent and child interaction.

Parenting a child is the parents responsibilit


May his soul find rest
The perpetrators should be brought to justice

And may parents own up to the responsibility of parenting their kids on the right way

Sincerely I just pray something like this don't happen to my ward cod the story would have taken an unimaginable twist.
Really I feel for the family.
God rest his soul.

jaeyking:
The parents failed.
This is not the first time we are hearing cases like this in boarding houses

Such cases are rare in day schools.
Because there is daily parent and child interaction.

Parenting a child is the parents responsibilit


May his soul find rest
The perpetrators should be brought to justice

And may parents own up to the responsibility of parenting their kids on the right way

All of us failed him. You know how? For the fact that we keep on electing useless leaders who are bent on destroying everything about Nigeria. The decay in our educational system are all evidence of bad leaders we have been casting our votes for. If had voted right people, maybe our government schools would have been working better and who knows maybe sylvester wouldn't have gone to Dowen. That's just one way we all have contributed to his death. So when we are told to elect leaders wisely, that advice means a lot of things.

Airfixltd:
All of us failed him. You know how? For the fact that we keep on electing useless leaders who are bent on destroying everything about Nigeria. The decay in our educational system are all evidence of bad leaders we have been casting our votes for. If had voted right people, maybe our government schools would have been working better and who knows maybe sylvester wouldn't have gone to Dowen. That's just one way we all have contributed to his death. So when we are told to elect leaders wisely, that advice means a lot of things.

Sorry please.
Don't use that word that we all failed it
Stop crying over burnt cake
The same circle continues. Probably two years to come a similar case might repeat itself and we would all claim we all failed him on social media.

I'm in the education field. I know how careless parents can be and how they have given so much trust to teachers
.neglecting their dutiesbas parents

Do you want to know a little secret
Most parents would send their kids to boarding houses do so just to relief some responsibility and believe the schooling system can instill discipline.

I say unto you, no one can give your child that discipline expect you

Own up to your responsibility as a parent that's all I have to say

igbeke:
Sincerely I just pray something like this don't happen to my ward cod the story would have taken an unimaginable twist.
Really I feel for the family.
God rest his soul.

If it were me, by now that school would have gone up in flames walahi. I have no chill for naija justice system. It is all about the rich wins it all.

Airfixltd:
If it were me, by now that school would have gone up in flames walahi. I have no chill for naija justice system. It is all about the rich wins it all.

All the time the boy kept complaining to the parents
What measures did the parents take??

Ain’t judging but you see Boarding school none of my child will near there and if I see one close to me considering sending his or her child to boarding school I will strongly advise that person not to,better your child spoil at home at least you know that u tried your best,but you see in boarding school you are oblivion of whatever that is happening, y’all

Most homosexuals,Lesbians and hardcore cultist are products of boarding school,worse being that the school authorities will know about it but won’t do a thing and the parents will be thinking their children are doing well untill it’s too late,imagine my Neigbour who put his son in a deeper life boarding school thinking that their church na em holy pass,fortunately for her the night prior for her child leave they (the seniors) raped the poor,so when she saw the boy she knew all wasn’t well,after much persuading the boy opened up say na for anus dem Dey rape him.
Parents make una wise up oo

The father initially planned to remove him from the school but later chose to let him stay. That singular act of indecision turned out to be fatal.

if it's a poor man's child everybody will do as if nothing happened...


death to hypocrites


we don't have humanity atall always pretending



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jaeyking:
Sorry please.
Don't use that word that we all failed it
Stop crying over burnt cake
The same circle continues. Probably two years to come a similar case might repeat itself and we would all claim we all failed him on social media.

I'm in the education field. I know how careless parents can be and how they have given so much trust to teachers
.neglecting their dutiesbas parents

Do you want to know a little secret
Most parents would send their kids to boarding houses do so just to relief some responsibility and believe the schooling system can instill discipline.

I say unto you, no one can give your child that discipline expect you

Own up to your responsibility as a parent that's all I have to say

Why do you feel so hurt about that word? Oh you feel you didn't contribute in one way of the other right? Have you ever voted in this nation before? Who did you vote for and what were his achievements? Let me tell you something you don't know. It is because our government schools are in terrible state product of your voting over the years that private schools are springing up here and there. If you had voted wisely, i bet you Sylvester may not have gone to Dowen because the closest government school to his house would have been just fine and so he will go to school from home where he could have been properly looked after by his parents. His parents failed does not exhonorate you please.

You claimed to be a teacher, what are you teaching them? How sure are you that in the same class you teach there are no worst of than the ones who killed sylvester? Please don't claim right here. We all are guilty in one way or the other that's the point you are missing.

jaeyking:
Sorry please.
Don't use that word that we all failed it
Stop crying over burnt cake
The same circle continues. Probably two years to come a similar case might repeat itself and we would all claim we all failed him on social media.

I'm in the education field. I know how careless parents can be and how they have given so much trust to teachers
.neglecting their dutiesbas parents

Do you want to know a little secret
Most parents would send their kids to boarding houses do so just to relief some responsibility and believe the schooling system can instill discipline.

I say unto you, no one can give your child that discipline expect you

Own up to your responsibility as a parent that's all I have to say

Nothing but truth you have said. Boarding school is big NO for me.

Airfixltd:
Why do you feel so hurt about that word? Oh you feel you didn't contribute in one way of the other right? Have you ever voted in this nation before? Who did you vote for and what were his achievements? Let me tell you something you don't know. It is because our government schools are in terrible state product of your voting over the years that private schools are springing up here and there. If you had voted wisely, i bet you Sylvester may not have gone to Dowen because the closest government school to his house would have been just fine and so he will go to school from home where he could have been properly looked after by his parents. His parents failed does not exhonorate you please.

You claimed to be a teacher, what are you teaching them? How sure are you that in the same class you teach there are no worst of than the ones who killed sylvester? Please don't claim right here. We all are guilty in one way or the other that's the point you are missing.

Sylevester parents are rich, they live warri, Delta State. There are nice private day schools in waari. Parents are not doing their jobs.

Airfixltd:
All of us failed him. You know how? For the fact that we keep on electing useless leaders who are bent on destroying everything about Nigeria. The decay in our educational system are all evidence of bad leaders we have been casting our votes for. If had voted right people, maybe our government schools would have been working better and who knows maybe sylvester wouldn't have gone to Dowen. That's just one way we all have contributed to his death. So when we are told to elect leaders wisely, that advice means a lot of things.

Good point but private schools have always existed, and parents prefer them for a wide variety of reasons.

Even in situations where the education system is working, private schools thirve.

Also bullying happens in goverment run schools in many countries. Good and bad education system, good and bad leaders

We should vote in good leaders but it won't stop bullying like that

joyandfaith:
Sylevester parents are rich, they live warri, Delta State. There are nice private day schools in waari. Parents are not doing their jobs.

They sent him to dowen because dowen has a 'good' record , especially of getting kids into foreign universities,I suspect

jaeyking:
Sorry please.
Don't use that word that we all failed it
Stop crying over burnt cake
The same circle continues. Probably two years to come a similar case might repeat itself and we would all claim we all failed him on social media.

I'm in the education field. I know how careless parents can be and how they have given so much trust to teachers
.neglecting their dutiesbas parents

Do you want to know a little secret
Most parents would send their kids to boarding houses do so just to relief some responsibility and believe the schooling system can instill discipline.

I say unto you, no one can give your child that discipline expect you

Own up to your responsibility as a parent that's all I have to say

True,but some do that because
1. They want to get their child to start well on the independence track and to learn how to live and work with other people.

2. Kids from poor houses who will find it difficult to do after school work find boarding school a lifesaver

Airfixltd:
Why do you feel so hurt about that word? Oh you feel you didn't contribute in one way of the other right? Have you ever voted in this nation before? Who did you vote for and what were his achievements? Let me tell you something you don't know. It is because our government schools are in terrible state product of your voting over the years that private schools are springing up here and there. If you had voted wisely, i bet you Sylvester may not have gone to Dowen because the closest government school to his house would have been just fine and so he will go to school from home where he could have been properly looked after by his parents. His parents failed does not exhonorate you please.

You claimed to be a teacher, what are you teaching them? How sure are you that in the same class you teach there are no worst of than the ones who killed sylvester? Please don't claim right here. We all are guilty in one way or the other that's the point you are missing.

I don't know if I will address you as Mr or miss or Mrs but I got two words for you SHUT UP.

Countries with high grade govt schools, some parents still prefers private institution over the govt.
So I don't know your beef with privately owned institution.
teachers only Try their best to instill discipline on kids but it all comes down to the parents.

You are shouting about voting, voting,
I grew up in the worst kind of place filled with atrocities yet did I become one NO, guess y my parents did their best to instill such discipline on me so I still hold my ground to say the parents are at fault.

All the times the boy reported the case what did the "so called parents" did.
What action did they take??

And talking about
the govt schools are no exception
Bad vices are everywhere both in the private and govt school.

So base your points on reality and don't bring political rubbish here

jaeyking:
I don't know if I will address you as Mr or miss or Mrs but I got two words for you SHUT UP.

Countries with high grade govt schools, some parents still prefers private institution over the govt.
So I don't know your beef with privately owned institution.
And as a teacher, I can tell that we try our best to instill discipline on kids but it all comes down to the parents.

You are shouting about voting, voting,
I grew up in the worst kind of place filled with atrocities yet did I become one NO, guess y my parents did their best to instill such discipline on me so I still hold my ground to say the parents are at fault.

All the times the boy reported the case what did the "so called parents" did.
What action did they take??

And talking about
the govt schools are no exception
Bad vices are everywhere both in the private and govt school.

So base your points on reality and don't bring political rubbish here

I disagree with you that you instil discipline in them, because you are not disciplined yourself. For the fact that you can use uncivil words like "SHUT UP" at someone you haven't met before clearly shows you are not disciplined, so stop telling me how you try as a teacher to discipline students. A teacher who lacks basic characters shouldn't talk about discipline you hear?

Airfixltd:
I disagree with you that you instil discipline in them, because you are not disciplined yourself. For the fact that you can use uncivil words like "SHUT UP" at someone you haven't met before clearly shows you are not disciplined, so stop telling me how you try as a teacher to discipline students. A teacher who lacks basic characters shouldn't talk about discipline you hear?

I will repeat it again shut up.
And don't mention me again

jaeyking:
I will repeat it again shut up.
And don't mention me again

Who gives a Bleep about you mumu?

jaeyking:
I will repeat it again shut up.
And don't mention me again

You are uncouth and my children won't near the school that you teach

Malory:
You are uncouth and my children won't near the school that you teach

Don't mind him. Claiming discipline when he can't even control his emotions on a faceless forum. Now imagine what he can do physically.

Airfixltd:
Who gives a Bleep about you mumu?

You actually did by mentioning me again

Malory:
You are uncouth and my children won't near the school that you teach

Makes no difference

jaeyking:
Makes no difference

Toxic fellow claiming discipline