Aregbesola’s coroner says drug overdose, not poison killed Adeleke

The Coroner inquest set up by the Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola to investigate the cause of death of the state former governor, Senator Isiaka Adeleke has concluded that drug overdose and not poison killed the senator.

There were controversies over the death of the Senator who suddenly died on April 23, 2017, with the family members and supporters claiming he was poisoned.

But Mr. Olusegun Ayilara, the lead coroner, in its verdict on Tuesday after about three weeks of probe into the cause of Adeleke’s death, said he did not die of poison because there were no traces of it in the deceased’s system according to the autopsy and toxicologist reports.

He then said, “The high dose of sedatives and analgesics with the mode of administration caused aspiration which culminated in death.”

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The coroner had during its investigations summoned 15 witnesses including the nurse that treated Adeleke shortly before he died, Mr. Alfred Aderibigbe, the pathologist, who performed the autopsy on the corpse of the late politician, Dr. Taiwo Solaja, as well as the Chief Medical Director of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Prof. Akeem Lasisi, to testify in the matter.

The families of the late senator however were not part of the investigation as they publicly refused to be part of it and never honoured the invitations by the coroner to testify in the case.

While the family alleged that the state government had a predetermined report, they further threatened to sue Lasisi over his claim that the autopsy report showed that drug overdose may have killed Adeleke.

 

 

 

 

 

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