Consultant Pathologist at the Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State, told a court that deceased Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College died as a result of acute inflammatory pneumonia due to severe sepsis.
Dr Clement Vhriterhire, who carried out the initial autopsy on late Sylvester Oromoni, gave his testimony on Monday, March 14, at the coroner inquest set up to look into Oromoni’s death.
Testifying on Monday before an Ikeja Coroner’s Court, the pathologist, while responding to questions from the Coroner, Mr Mikhail Kadiri, said contrary to social media reports, there were no signs of chemical intoxication found in the deceased.
He said: “This is the final autopsy report that I issued. After I had settled down and reviewed my microscopic slide, in light of nothing significant from the toxicology, I married everything together.
“In the absence of chemical intoxication, and different organs were showing inflammatory processes, I came about acute inflammatory pneumonia due to severe sepsis. This is my final report.”
Vhriterhire’s testimony on Monday aligns with that of Dr Sokunle Soyemi, a pathologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
While being cross-examined, Vhriterhire said he was served coroner papers by the police to carry out a post-mortem on December 2, 2021, on the corpse of Sylvester.