Nurse Aderibigbe was indicted by
the coroner’s inquest led by Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, for allegedly administering
an overdose on the late Senator Adeleke.
The nurse was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty to the murder charge preferred against him.
The Magistrate Ayilara-led
coroner inquest had recommended the nurse for prosecution, having established
that he allegedly administered a drug overdose on the late Senator, thus
causing his death.
During evidence before the
coroner, the nurse had said the drugs he gave the late Senator were those given
to him by Adeleke and not overdose.
However, the Chief Medical Director
of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Professor Akeem
Lasisi, disclosed that the Senator died of drug overdose.
Also the Consultant Pathologist,
who conducted the autopsy on Adeleke’s corpse, Dr. Taiwo Sholaja, also told the
coroner that he died of drug overdose.
Counsel to the accused, Soji
Oyetayo, informed the court that there was an application for bail he has
filed.
The Acting Solicitor-General and
Permanent Secretary for the state, Dapo Adeniji, who led the legal team for the
Ministry of Justice, opposed the bail application.
Adeniji argued that the nurse was
just arraigned for the first time in the court and the bail application was
filed before the arraignment.
He said bail application was
premature because the accused was not in custody when the bail application was
filed.
Justice Ayo Oyebiyi ordered the
accused be remanded at the Ilesha Prison till June 29, when the case will come
up for hearing.
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