The state cleared them as well as the school following the legal advice of
the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP Adetutu Oshinusi. In the legal advice addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department and the trial magistrate, Olatunbosun Adeola, the DPP said the interim and final autopsy reports issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital exonerated the suspects from any wrongdoings. The DPP added that toxicology report of post mortem samples and that of the Central Hospital, Warri, were in agreement as to the cause of young Oromoni’s death, namely Acute Bacteria Pneumonia due to severe Sepsis. The legal advice further noted that the result of the toxicology is also not indicative of any toxic or poisonous substance in the body of the deceased. The DPP’s legal advice concluded that based on these findings, there is no prima facie case of murder, involuntary manslaughter and or malicious administering of poison with intent to harm, against the five students accused of complicity in Oromoni’s death. The state, therefore, directed that all the suspects be released, if they are still in custody.