The
Coroner appointed by the Osun Government to investigate the cause of death of
Sen. Isiaka Adeleke, on Monday declared that his death was caused by drug
overdose.
The Coroner, Chief Magistrate
Olusegun Ayilara while giving his verdict in Osogbo, said all the evidence
before him in no way pointed to poisoning as the cause of death of the late
senator as alleged by some.
“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’s
report are very specific to say there was no trace 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,” he said.
He said the evidence of the
pathologist, the toxicologist, police forensic expert, and the Chief Medical Director
of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital,where the autopsy was carried out, “all pointed
scientifically 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, analgesic which cause the vital senses centre
in the brain to shut down resulting in death.”
Mr. Ayilara said the nurse who
treated the deceased before he died, Alfred Aderibigbe, tried to puncture the
scientific evidence, claiming he did not give him overdose but the evidence he
gave in court and the police statement he gave were contradictory.
“The deceased did not die of food
poisoning, the deceased has 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.
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