The Lagos State Government has sealed off Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state over the gruesome death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni.
The school was sealed off today by officials of the state government.
Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotosho, confirmed the development to newsmen.
The father of the deceased boarding student alleged that the Junior Secondary School two pupil died from the injuries he sustained during an assault by colleagues who wanted to initiate him into cultism but the school claimed he died after sustaining an injury during a football match.
The father of the deceased student, Sylvester Oromoni Senior had fingered five boys whom he said were allegedly involved in the bullying of his son.
The father had also said the teachers, security men, and other officials of the school must explain the death of his son, whose 12th birthday was yesterday.