Coroner Appointed To Investigate The Cause Of Death Of Senator Isiaka Adeleke Reveals Actually Killed Him

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 in some quarters.

“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.”