The family of Senator Isiaka Adeleke, on Sunday turned down
the coroner inquest set up by Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola into the
death of the first civilian governor of the state, Isiaka Adeleke.
Deji Adeleke, the younger brother of the late Senator, read
the family’s address at a press briefing in his residence in Ede on Sunday.
He said the outcome of the inquest had been predetermined.
According to Deji, “The family hereby denounces in its
entirety the ill advised and self-serving coroner’s inquest ordered by the Osun
State Government purportedly set up to determine the cause of death of our
dearly beloved Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke.
“We condemn in strictest terms the continuous politicization
attempts by the state of this great loss to our family, particularly the
ordering of this inquest at a time we are still coming to terms with the harsh
reality of his sudden departure and the pain and grief therefrom.
“We have been reliably informed by credible sources that the
outcome of the kangaroo inquest is already predetermined by the state and
designed to serve its own interest with distorted facts and misinformation
which will clearly not be in the interest of the good people of Osun in general
and the Adeleke family in particular.”
Adeleke, a serving Senator, died in early hours of Sunday
April 23 after he was said to have attended to guests till around 2am the same
day.
By John Owen Nwachukwu
