A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail of N1 million each to five students (names withheld) of Dowen College charged with the alleged murder of their schoolmate Sylvester Oromoni.
The police charged the boys who are minors with conspiracy and homicide.
Chief magistrate Olatunbosun Adeola, after hearing the bail application from the defendants’ counsel, ordered the defendants to produce two sureties each in like sum.
Adeola said that one of each of the defendants’ sureties must be their parent, and must swear an affidavit of compliance.
She further held that the international passports of all the defendants must be submitted to the court, their residence must be verified by the prosecutor and they must stay within 2km of their residence at all times.
Defence counsels, Ifeoma Eson, A.E. Amah, Godwin Omoaka, Eze Ajibo, and Michael Ayinla, were in court for the minors.
The defendants were on December 9 remanded in a juvenile home over the death of Oromoni who was allegedly attacked for refusing to join a cult in school.
