By Dada Lateef
Osogbo
The coroner inquest set up by Osun state government to investigate the cause of death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke has fixed May 29 for its final verdict.
The coroner, Chief Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, disclosed this during the court’s sitting yesterday in Osogbo.
Ayilara said the court commenced sitting on May 10, and 10 out of the 15 respondents summoned by the court had appeared before it.
He said: “This court summoned 15 persons to appear before it, an advertisement which was published on May 11 in two national newspapers, the Tribune and The Nation.
“However, only 10 out of the respondents appeared before this court. I will not force anybody to appear before this court neither can we wait forever for them to appear.
“Their refusal to appear before this tribunal is intentional and so I am setting Monday, May 29 for the final verdict. By then we should know where we are going.”
Our correspondent reports that since the coroner started sitting, the key people who saw the late senator before his death had appeared before the court to give evidence.
They included the nurse that treated him before his death and the forensic team that carried out autopsy on him.
The Adeleke family, however, refused to honour the invitation of the court, stating in a news conference that the death of the senator was being politicised.
According to them, and that they are not in support of the setting up of the coroner inquest by the state government.
