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  • Court remands man over attempted suicide

    An Osogbo Magistrates Court in Osun on Friday remanded a 23-year-old man, Andrew Peter, in Ilesa Prison over alleged attempted suicide while in police custody.

    The Magistrate, Mr Olusegun Ayilara, ordered the defendant to be kept in prison due to the magnitude of the offence involved.

    The Prosecutor, Insp Lamidi Rasaki, had told the court that the defendant, who was arrested and detained for alleged theft of a cell phone, committed the offence in April at Okefia area of Osogbo.

    He said the defendant was taken to the hospital for treatment but later escaped before he was apprehended and brought to the court.

    The defendant, who had no legal representation, pleaded guilty to a three-count charge which contravened sections 327, 192, and 135(9) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. 11 Laws of Osun, 2003.

    The magistrate, however, adjourned the case to April 27 for the presentation of facts before sentencing.

    NAN

  • Adeleke died of drug overdose – Coroner

    Adeleke died of drug overdose – Coroner

    The coroner inquest inaugurated by Osun State Government to investigate the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke on Tuesday upheld the autopsy and toxicology reports carried out on the late politician at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital.

    The coroner, Chief Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, said the politician died of drug overdose and not food poisoning.

    He said evidences and witnesses’ accounts before the panel revealed that Adeleke died of drug overdose.

    He said: “I have critically gone through all the evidence before me. From the totality of evidence, the possibility of poisoning of the deceased is not sustainable.

    “I have not been able to trace any link to poisoning by anybody. The autopsy report and also the toxicologist report are very specific to say there were no traces of poison or heavy metal in the blood of the deceased. Therefore it is my firm opinion that he was not poisoned, I so hold.”

    The evidences of the pathologist, Dr. Femi Solaja, the toxicologist, Police Forensic expert, DSP Benedict Agboh, and Prof. Akeem Lasisi, Chief Medical Director of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, scientifically pointed to the fact that the death of the deceased was caused by aspiration of the gastric content which blocked his airwaves as a result of high level of alcohol, sedative and analgesic which caused the vital senses centre in the brain to shut down resulting in death.”

    He said the nurse that treated the deceased before he died, Mr. Alfred Aderibigbe, tried to puncture the scientific evidence by denying administering overdose on Adeleke while treating him for gout.

    The coroner said Aderibigbe’s attempt failed because the evidence he gave in court and the police statement he made were contradictory.

    The coroner added: “The deceased did not die of food poisoning, the deceased had an administration of overdose of sedative and analgesic by an unqualified personnel, Alfred Aderibigbe, through intravenous means which action was hastened by the presence of alcohol in the system.

    “The deceased had patronised the said Aderibigbe for about 20 years and had taken treatment from him without doctors’ prescription and that the high dose of sedative and analgesic with the mode of administration caused his death.

    “So, I recommend that the qualification of Aderibigbe should be further investigated to be sure he is qualified as he claims. I also recommend that that the office of the Department of Public Prosecution should look into the case file of Aderibigbe with them in order to determine the appropriate charges, if any, to be pressed against him.

    “The public should be sensitised by the government on the need to visit and patronise only qualified medical personnel in treatment of their ailments.”

     

  • Adeleke: Coroner fixes May 29 for verdict

    The Coroner Inquest set up by Osun Government to investigate the cause of death of Sen. Isiaka Adeleke has fixed May 29 to give its final verdict on its findings.

    The Coroner, Chief Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara made this known during the court’s sitting on Monday in Osogbo.

    Ayilara said that the court commenced sitting on May 10, and 10 out of the 15 respondents summoned by the court had appeared before it.

    “This court summoned 15 persons to appear before it, an advertisement which was published on May 11 in two national newspapers, the Tribune and The Nation.

    “However, only 10 out of the respondents appeared before this court. I will not force anybody to appear before this court neither can we wait forever for them to appear.

    “Their refusal to appear before this tribunal is intentional and so I am setting Monday, May 29 for the final verdict. By then we should know where we are going.’’ he said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that since the coroner started sitting, the major people that saw the late senator had appeared before the court to give evidence.

    They include the nurse that treated him before his death and the forensic team that carried out autopsy on him.

    The Adeleke family, however, refused to honour the invitation of the court, stating in a news conference that the death of the senator was being politicised.

    According to them, and that they are not in support of the setting up of the coroner inquest by the state government

     

  • ‘Adeleke didn’t die from poison’

    ‘Adeleke didn’t die from poison’

    Dr Taiwo Sholaja, the lead pathologist who carried out the autopsy on the body of the late Sen. Isiaka Adeleke, on Wednesday told a coroner inquest that no trace of poison was found in the body system of the deceased when it was examined.

    Sholaja,  while giving evidence before the coroner, Chief  Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, said the autopsy carried out by him and two other pathologists from Ladoke Akintola University Hospital, Osogbo,  revealed that the late senator died of “aspiration of gastric content due to multiple drug overdose.”

    He said the autopsy carried out by him and his team was performed in the presence of the Police Divisional Officer of  Dugbe Police Station, Osogbo,  SP Ogunkanmi Gbemileke and the two other pathologists from LAUTECH.

    Sholaja also said that before the autopsy, he gathered from a family member, Mrs Modupe Adeleke-Sani that the late politician had complained of pains in the knees, and inability to sleep.

    He added that some drugs were said to have been administered on him.

    Sholaja said after an examination was carried out on Adeleke’s body, it was discovered that the drugs which were administered on him in excess quantity caused his death as his breathing was blocked due to a side effect.

    “Aspiration of the gastric content blocked his airwaves through depriving the body of oxygen which was also evident in the bluish discolouration shown on some parts of the deceased’s body,” he said.

    He said the used containers of the drugs administered on him indicated that a banned drug,  Analgin injection as well as Diazepam injection, pentasozine injection, gentamicin and hydrocortisone drugs were given to him.

    The pathologist said the side effects of most of the drugs given to the deceased included drowsiness, vomiting and cardiovascular collapse which resulted in blockage of his breathing.

    He said though the deceased had a hypertensive heart decease which could have caused sudden death, there was, however, no evidence of this from the result of the autopsy.

    Sholaja also said the police toxicologist report, which was presented to him after samples were taken, showed abnormally high level of alcohol, sedative and Analgin in the blood of the deceased.

    No traces of poison and metal were, however, found.

    Gbemileke, the DPO of Dugbe Police Station and the Officer in charge of Homicide, SP Etetah Moses, both confirmed that the empty bottles and injections of the drugs given to the deceased were in police custody.

    But when Mr c, the nurse that administered  the drugs on Adeleke was called, his counsel, Lekan Alabi,  prayed  the court to allow his client appear on Friday.

    He said the summon was only served on him on Tuesday, adding that his client needed more time to prepare.

    The coroner, however, rejected the plea, saying Alfred must appear before the court on Thursday, the next adjourned date