A Ukraine-trained nurse at Dowen College Omobola Kayode has denied attending to the late Sylvester Oromoni on November 21.
Ms Kayode, a 2015 graduate of nursing from Ukraine University, joined Dowen College three weeks prior to the death of Oromoni.
Testifying on Tuesday before an Ikeja Coroner’s Court, the nurse, responding to questions from the counsel to the Oromoni family Andrew Efole, said she had medical record of the period she attended to the deceased but it was taken by the police during investigation.
Mr Efole asked if the witness was aware that the principal of the school had said in her statement to the police dated December 2, 2021 that she (the witness) massaged the deceased on November 21, 2021.
She replied, “It was my off day and I came in at night. No, I did not massage the leg on that day.”
Kayode said she would not know if the principal of the school lied in her statement to the police.
Responding to questions from the coroner Mikhail Kadiri, Kayode said she came in contact with the deceased on November 22, 2021 when he complained of thigh pain.
“He came in unaided and told me he fell down when he wanted to pick his Bible,” she said.
“On that same day, I referred him to the doctor. The doctor told me to massage his right thigh with a deep heat spray and gave him paracetamol thereafter.
“He slept and went to the hostel in the evening. Later in the evening, I went for follow up. The house master called him out for me to check him up. I saw that he was limping and I massaged him again with the spray.
“The doctor called the mother when the deceased complained and she promised to send someone to pick him up on Tuesday.”
The nurse noted that she was downstairs checking students’ temperature as part of COVID-19 measures on November 23, 2022, when an uncle of the deceased came to pick him up at the sick bay.
The coroner adjourned the trial until March 21.
