Lasun Alagbe
The nurse who treated who attended to a former Governor of Osun State, Isiaka Adeleke, has been discharged and acquitted.
Alfred Aderibigbe, who was Adeleke’s personal nurse, was accused of giving the politician nicknamed Serubawon an overdose of drugs, and was thus charged to a High Court in Osogbo.
Some medical experts have similarly been indicted in the death of some other prominent personalities.
Among them is the doctor who treated music legend, Michael Jackson, before he died, who was found guilty and has been jailed.
The one who handled football idol Diego Maradona, who died a few days ago, is also currently under scrutiny.
But Justice Ayo Oyebiyi, in his judgement Thursday, declared that the prosecution could not prove that Aderibigbe killed the deceased and subsequently discharged him of any wrongdoing.
According to ‘The Punch’, upon his first arraignment before the court on on June 8, 2018, Aderibigbe pleaded not guilty to murder charge pressed against him.
The offence he was accused of was said to be contrary to section 316 and punishable under section 319 of the Criminal Code Law Cap.36 Law of Osun State 2003.
During the trial, Aderibigbe told the court that the drugs he administered were given to him by the deceased.
According to him, Adeleke was in need of medical attention before the defendant was invited to attend to him, stressing that the late politician was suffering from hypertension and gout.
