Isiaka Adeleke
A report by The Nation has shown that the coroner inquest into the
death of the Late Senator Isiaka Adeleke sitting in Osogbo was on Friday
told that the Nurse who treated the former Governor of Osun was
economical with the truth about the quantity of drug and how it was
administered on the deceased before his death.
This was even as the Police stated that it is the normal and
standard practice that when Form B and C are served on pathologists, the
report of the autopsy is to be submitted to the police and not family
members as it is in the present case of Late Senator Adeleke.
At the resumed Coroner hearing, The Nigeria Police Osun Command
held that the essence of submitting the report to the police, upon a
request for autopsy, is that it will enable the police when necessary,
to pursue criminal prosecution, hence the duplication and submission of
such to the State Ministry of Justice for legal advice.
The Coroner also heard that the Adeleke family did not order for
the autopsy carried out on the deceased. Dr. Taiwo Olufemi Solaja who
examined the deceased for autopsy said he only acted on the orders of
Coroner Dorcas Ajiboye.
Aderibigbe, who claimed to be a Chief Nursing Officer at
Comprehensive Health Centre, Edunabon, Osun State, had during his
evidence before the Coroner Inquest set up by the Osun State Government
to probe Adeleke’s death yesterday (Thursday) denied administering
Gentamicin on the senator while treating him for gout.
The Nurse said he diluted Hydrocortisone in fluid and gave
Metamyzole, Diazepam, Pentazocine and Analgin intramuscular to the
deceased.
Police toxicology report on the pathological examination carried
out on the deceased by Mr Benedict Agbu, a police forensic expert,
revealed that Adeleke was administered with Gentamicin before his death.
The report which was admitted in an exhibit at the coroner
disclosed that Metamyzole, Diazepam, Pentazocine and Analgin were
administered on Adeleke intravenously against Aderibigbe’s claim.
Analyses of the findings in the blood and urine samples taken from
Adeleke’s corpse, as contained in the toxicology report proved the
negative result for the presence of chlorinated hydrocarbon herbicides,
organo-paosforous pesticide, rodenticides, metallic poison, cynide and
tri-cylic anti depressants.
The report which was read at the Coroner by a Superintendent of Police, Mr. Moses read in part, “The digested food particles were found in the gastric content but no drug particle was found in the exhibit.
“Diazepam, Pentazocine, Analgin, Hydrocortisone and Gentamicin were confirmed in the blood and urine samples submitted.
“Metamyzole and its Metabolites 27.2ug/ml, Hydrocortisone
9.25ug/ml, Gentamicin 17.4ug/ml, Pentazocine 4.5ug/ml, Diazepam 12.2
ug/ml, also urine Diazepam concetration 7.1ug/ml.
“Fatalities have been reported at the following blood
concentration: Metamyzole (Analgin) 22.0ug/ml, Pentazocin, 1.2ug/ml,
Gentamicin 12ug/ml, Diazepam, 5.0ug/ml, hydrocortisone, 3.7ug/ml.
“The presence of alcohol was also confirmed in the blood, urine
and gastric content with concentration of 450ug/ml, 215ug/ml and
562ug/ml respectively. The blood concentrations of the drugs are above
the levels known to cause fatalities.
“The confirmation of Diazepam, Pentazocine, Hydrocortisone and
alcohol with the established concentration in the body of the deceased
is capable of producing a fatal Synergetic Hypertensive and respiratory
depressive effect. With the route of the delivery (intravenous) of the
drugs, the effect will be sudden and capable of occurring in minutes.
“Such fatalities have been reported in the literature. The low
concentrations of the substances in the gastric content are as a result
of the route of administration of the drugs.”
However, the toxicology reports, Aderibigbe’s statement with the
Police, reply of the Principal of the School of Nursing, Osogbo for the
confirmation of Aderibigbe’s Nursing certificate were produced at the
Coroner inquest and were all admitted as exhibits CE6A, CE6B, CE6C and
CE6D.
Meanwhile, a lawyer who was observing the proceeding, Dr. Basiru
Ajibola, urged the Coroner to call back Aderibigbe for clarifications on
his evidence which contradicts the toxicology report.
But the Coroner, Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara said there was no need
to call Aderibigbe back because the coroner would work on the reports
and evidence admitted so far, just as he called on members of the public
to submit memorandum on the matter.
Also, a Consultant Anatomic Pathologist from Ladoke Akintola
Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH), Solaja has denied the claim that the late
Senator Isiaka Adeleke’s family ordered for the autopsy carried out on
the deceased.
Solaja, while testifying on Friday before Coroner stated that none
of the family of the deceased ever asked him to conduct the post mortem.
” I was served the autopsy forms by the police and it was
signed by Coroner Dorcas Ajiboye. Since it was the Coroner who ordered
the autopsy, I am entitled to submit the autopsy report back to her via
the police, not to any family member or anybody else”, he added.
Asked if the deceased’s family were aware Coroner ordered for the
autopsy, Solaja said they should be as he was served the forms by the
police in their presence.
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