Nurse In Prison Over Alleged Murder Of Senator Adeleke

Late Senator Isiaka Adeleke

Judge Denies Nurse Of Bail, Remand Him In Prison

Mr Alfred Aderibigbe, the nurse that administered drugs which reportedly resulted in the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke, has been remanded in prison by an Osun State High Court sitting in Ede.

Mr. Opeyemi Bello, the press officer Osun State Ministry of Justice, while releasing a statement on Sunday, revealed that the nurse, who was arranged on the ground of murder pleaded not guilty to the charge on Friday, in the case that was ruled by Justice Ayo Oyebiyi.

Mr. Soji Oyetayo, the counsel for the accused, prayed that Mr Aderibigbe be granted bail, revealing that there was an application submitted to the court for his client’s bail.

Mr Dapo Adeniji, the Acting Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, who led the legal team from the ministry, opposed the bail application.

Adeniji argued that the accused was being arraigned for the first time in the court, while the bail application was filed before the arraignment.

He said, “The bail application is premature because the accused was not in custody when the application was filed.”

Justice Ayo Oyebiyi, the judge who presided over the case, in his ruling ordered that the accused should be remanded at the Ilesa Prison till June 29, 2018 when the case would come up for hearing.

Senator Adeleke, while still serving, was reported to have died on April 23, 2017, after he was treated by the nurse and his death lead to a riot with the insinuation from his supporters that he was poisoned because of his governorship ambition.

The state government instituted a coroner’s inquest to probe the cause of the death and the nurse was indicted by a magistrate, Mr Olusegun Ayilara, who recommended him for trial.

Prof. Akeem Lasisi, the Chief Medical Director of the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, who testified before the panel had said Adeleke died of drug overdose.

The Consultant Pathologist at LAUTH who carried out the autopsy on Adeleke’s corpse, Dr Taiwo Sholaja, also told the coroner’s inquest that Adeleke died of drug overdose and not poison.