Court frees nurse accused of killing Davido’s uncle and former Osun state governor, Isiaka Adeleke

ISIAKA ADELEKE: On December 3, An Osun state high court sitting in Oshogbo discharged and acquitted a nurse, Alfred Aderibigbe who treated former governor of the state and uncle to singer Davido, late senator Isiaka Adeleke, before his sudden demise on Sunday, April 23, 2017.

He died after he suffered a heart attack and was rushed to Bikets Hospital where he passed away.

After his death, the former governor of the state; Rauf Aregbesola, signed an executive order setting up a coroner inquest headed by magistrate Olusegun Ayilara to investigate the cause of the death of late Adeleke.

Senator Isiaka Adeleke died of a drug overdoes according to the findings coupled with an aspiration of gastric content.

Magistrate Ayilara said the deceased had an administration of an overdose of sedative and analgesia by unqualified personnel, Alfred Aderibigbe, through intravenous means, which action was hastened by the presence of alcohol in the system.

Seeing that the deceased had patronized the nurse for over 20 years and had taken treatment from him without a doctor’s prescription.

According to the magistrate, Alfred was unqualified personnel and recommended that the department of public prosecutions should duplicate the case file and press approbation charges against the nurse.

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June 8, 2018, the accused nurse was first arraigned in the high court where he pleaded not guilty to one count murder charge preferred against him.

Also, Aderibigbe, during his trial gave evidence before the Court, said the drugs he gave the late Senator were those given to him by Adeleke and not in overdose. Counsel to the nurse, Barrister Soji Oyetayo, informed the court that none of the witnesses visited the late Senator’s house to confirm if the used drugs brought to the Court were truly administered to the deceased.

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“My client was shown a doctor prescription by the deceased before administering the injection/drugs on the deceased. He saw on the doctor’s prescription as a prescription written by a Lagos doctor whom he could not remember his name anymore and after checking the same, he returned it to the deceased.

We, therefore, urge your Lordship to discountenance the submission of the prosecution counsel in this regard as misconceived and lacking in evidence as the prosecution failed to prove to the Court that the Defendant acted without doctor’s prescription.”Oyetayo said

He noted that none of the witnesses and police investigating officers visited the scene of the crime to retrieve the doctor’s prescription which was in the custody of the deceased before his death.

He added that none of the witnesses and police investigating officer’s visited the scene of the crime to retrieve the doctor’s prescription which was in the custody of the deceased before his death.

Here’s the statement in details;

“The deceased was in emergency need of medical attention before the invitation of the defendant to treat the deceased. Oladipo Fabode who handed over the used drugs investigating Police officer didn’t testify throughout the trail and the said drug is not harmful to late Senator or anyone,” he said

During the judgment delivering in the case today, the presiding judge, Justice Ayo Oyebiyi, said that the prosecution counsel failed to prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt and hereby discharge and acquit the curse