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Adeleke’s Death: Witnesses Give Contradictory Testimonies

The Coroner inquest into the death of the first executive governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, admitted evidence on Monday at its second sitting … Continue reading Adeleke’s Death: Witnesses Give Contradictory Testimonies


The Coroner inquest into the death of the first executive governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, admitted evidence on Monday at its second sitting at the Osun State High Court.

The State Deputy Governor, Titi Tomori-Laoye; the Chief Medical Director of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo; and the Chief Medical Director of Biket Hospital were among those at the inquest.

While the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun West Senatorial District, Amobi Akintola, claimed that the deceased did not eat anything at his grandmother, Bilikisu Salimonu’s burial on April 22, the Deputy Governor who represented the State Governor at the event, said in her witness account that she saw the late Adeleke eat a plate of food.

Also giving an account of the incident, the CMD of the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Professor Wale Lasisi, said several drugs were retrieved from one of the relatives who was at the hospital.

He further disclosed that some of the drugs discovered to have been administered on the late Adeleke on the morning of his death included two ampules of Analgin, four ampules of Diazeparm of 10mg each, one Pentazozim and one ampule of Gentamicin and two ampules of Hydrocortisone.

Meanwhile, the coroner has summoned the pathologist who conducted the autopsy on the body of the Late Isiaka Adeleke and the police to appear before it on Wednesday.