We’ll unravel mystery behind death of Ondo varsity former Registrar – Court

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

A Coroner’s Inquest inaugurated by the Ondo authorities authorities to analyse the decease of the Registrar of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, Ezekiel Imole Adeniran, has vowed to unravel the enigma down his death.

Recall that the coroner’s inquest came pursuing the insistence by the household members of the erstwhile Registrar that helium was assassinated, portion others claimed that helium took his ain beingness by purchasing and drinking poison pursuing a achromatic insubstantial that indicted him and recommended his dismissal.

The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo SAN, said the determination followed the insistence of the deceased’s household that Adeniran was forced to portion poison.

Ajulo noted that determination were besides conflicting accounts, including claims that the 41-year-old registrar took his ain beingness aft purchasing and drinking poisonous substances pursuing a achromatic insubstantial that indicted him and recommended his dismissal.

However, the family, insisted helium was forced to portion poison by chartless assailants and besides alleged that immoderate officials of the assemblage were down the mysterious death.

The tribunal presided by Dr Dickson Ogunfuyi, has however, declared that it would unravel whether the precocious serviceman committed termination oregon was forced to portion poison astatine gunpoint.

Ogunfuyi said determination were conflicting reports that the precocious Registrar committed termination by drinking poison to conceal atrocities levelled against him oregon that immoderate gunmen invaded his location and forced him to portion poison.

The operator of the deceased Registrar, Mr Olowoyo Odunayo Adewale, told the coroner inquest that his precocious brag was invited by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the constabulary investigating an allegation of certificate forgery.

According to Adewale, 1 of his friends, known arsenic Taiwo, stood arsenic sureties for the deceased Registrar erstwhile helium was invited for interrogation implicit an allegation of certificate forgery by the CID.

According to him, “On Thursday preceding his death, helium went to the constabulary CID. He was asked to travel backmost connected Monday. That helium would beryllium called connected the day.

“We waited, but helium was not called. It was erstwhile we were going backmost to Ondo connected Monday that the Police called him to study connected Tuesday.

“However, the adjacent Tuesday was a nationalist holiday. We were to spell to the CID connected Wednesday erstwhile the incidental happened.”

Explaining what happened connected the time of his brag death, Adewale said, “I took his woman to enactment and his children to school. I utilized to enactment with him erstwhile helium was successful Akure.

“After I returned, I was successful the waiting country expecting his call. He came retired of the room.

” I was successful the country erstwhile his friend, known arsenic Taye, called and asked aft him.

“He said I should springiness him my telephone truthful that helium could talk with me, but I declined due to the fact that I did not participate his room.

” I called him, but helium did not answer. Mr Taye said I should not extremity the telephone and that I should cheque the surroundings. It was determination that I saw him connected the floor.”

Adewale said it was the neighbours of the deceased helped transportation him and dropped him beside the car.

He said that erstwhile they wanted to determination h2o connected him, helium said his substance was not convulsed by that helium was fixed poison by immoderate gunmen who invaded the house.

Also, the aesculapian doc who received the assemblage of the deceased erstwhile helium was brought to the constabulary clinic, Dr Iyaomolere Fayowole, told the coroner’s inquest that the precocious Registrar said helium was forced to instrumentality a substance astatine gunpoint.

Fayowole said the diligent was not afloat conscious erstwhile helium was brought to the infirmary adding that the deceased did not regain consciousness until helium handed him over.

He, however, said the precocious Registrar, successful his subconscious state, had taken poison astatine gunpoint.

According to him “What helium kept saying successful his subconscious authorities was that helium was forced to portion a substance astatine gunpoint. He did not place those who held him and forced him to instrumentality the poison.”

Fayowole said helium was aboriginal informed that the patient, who aboriginal died, regained his consciousness and communicated with his family.

According to him “there was nary motion of bruises to amusement signs of a conflict betwixt his suspected assailants and the deceased.

He said the “blood unit of the precocious Registrar was precocious astatine 200/120, and determination was excessive salivation, abdominal pain, and vomiting.

“These signs,we...