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  • Timothy Adegoke: Pathologist reveals content of autopsy

     

    A Professor of Consultant Pathologist at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, (OAUTHC),Ile-Ife, Osun State Olusegun Sylvester Ojo, has told an Osun State High Court that the cause of the death of Timothy Adegoke may be natural.

    The professor  made this known during the resumed hearing of the murder case against the founder of Hilton hotel, Ile-Ife, Ramon Adedoyin and six others on Wednesday at the Osun State High Court, Osogbo.

    The revelation was made known after examining the autopsy report on late Timothy Adegoke, which was conducted in November 2021.

    Ojo also told the court that the death of Adegoke could not be anatomically determined.

    Recall that Timothy Adegoke, was an Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, postgraduate student, who was allegedly killed inside the Hilton Hotels and Suites owned by Rahman Adedoyin, for which he and six of his workers are facing trial.

    The High Court sitting in Osogbo,Osun State had adjourned hearing on the case till Wednesday  the 25th of May, 2022 to allow the defendants to open their defense.

    At the resumed trial, Femi Falana cross examined the Consultant Pathologist, who revealed that the advanced stage of the decomposing body had made it difficult to determine the cause of death.

    The pathologist further ruled out violence as the cause of death of Adegoke Timothy.

    In his words, “No internal bleeding, no evidence of external bleeding.”

    Dr W. A. Oluogun, and seven other pathologists carried out the autopsy on Timothy Adegoke’s body.

    The defendants, Adedoyin, Magdalene Chiefuna (24), Adeniyi Aderogba (37), Oluwale Lawrence (37), Oyetunde Kazeem (38), Adebayo Kunle (35) and Adedeji Adesola (23), were arraigned on March 3 on an 11 count charge bothering on conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful killing of Timothy Adegoke, conspiracy to commit a felony, dumping of the body of Adegoke, conspiracy to improperly and indecently interfere with the body of Adegoke, conspiracy to alter receipt, altering and cancelling of receipt and administering of extra-judicial oath in connection with the killings.

  • Osun Police arrests three suspected ritualists in possession of a human heart

    Osun Police arrests three suspected ritualists in possession of a human heart

    Three suspected ritualists in possession of a human heart have been arrested by the Osun State Police Command in OAU Ife Campus Road.

     

    The suspects, Olayade Kehinde, 25, Olufemi Oriyomi, 21 and Raimi Sheriff, 21 were arrested last Thursday, April 7 by police detectives on ‘stop and search’ duty.

     

    The Command’s spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, in a statement on Friday, said the trio on a motorcycle, were flagged down by Police on ‘Stop and Search’, “but rather than stop, sped off, and were pursued.”

     

    The trio, according to the statement, were arrested in Safejo area of Ile-Ife.

     

    The human heart, which they claimed was one of their friends, and various criminal charms, were found on them, Opalola stated.

     

    Opalola further stated that one of the suspects, Oriyomi fell sick and was taken to hospital for treatment, but unfortunately, died while on admission.

     

    His corpse, according to her, has been deposited at the State hospital for autopsy.

     

    “The remaining two suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation,” she said.

     

    The Commissioner of Police, CP Olawale Olokode, however, advised parents to monitor their children, and warn them against bad company they might be moving with.

     

    He also admonished the youths “to always engage in lawful business, and shun anything that will jeopardize their brighter future, which includes all forms of ‘get rich quick’ syndrome.”

  • Osinachi: We won’t make her autopsy result public – National Hospital

    Osinachi: We won’t make her autopsy result public – National Hospital

    The National Hospital, Abuja has said the report of the autopsy of Osinachi Nwachukwu conducted on her body will not be made public.

    The hospital management insisted the procedure is to make it available to the police.

    The surgical procedure to determine the cause, mode and manner of death of the late lead chorister of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, was ongoing.

    The Chief Medical Director of National Hospital, Abuja, Dr Jeff Momoh, said on a telephone, Saturday, that the report of the autopsy would be released to the Nigeria Police, which he said, made a request for the post-mortem examination.

    “The report is going to the people who made the request, it won’t be disclosed to the public at all,” Momoh said, refusing to talk more.

    Recall that acting on the demand of Osinachi’s family, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, had requested a post-mortem examination on the body of the deceased from the hospital where she reportedly died.

    The family had alleged that the singer died as a result of domestic violence she suffered at the hands of her husband and manager, Mr Peter Nwachukwu.

    The accused, who was promptly picked up by the police, following the allegation, is undergoing interrogation in the custody of the law enforcement agency.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that the husband had equally denied culpability, that his hands are clean insisting he was not the one that killed his wife.

    But his children during interrogation had alleged that their father was fond of beating their mum.

  • Bamise’s death: Why family, lawyer reject autopsy date

    Bamise’s death: Why family, lawyer reject autopsy date

    The family members of Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwola, who was kidnapped on Feb. 26 in a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus and later found dead some days later said that they rejected the autopsy date because of the short notice given to them by the police.

    Mr Pelumi Ayanwola, a member of the family, disclosed this on Friday while speaking with journalists at Right House, Adeniji Jones Street in Ikeja, Lagos State.

    He said that the family rejected the invitation because of the short notice.

    “We received an invitation on Wednesday from the police to come and witness Bamise’s autopsy on Thursday.

    “We rejected it because we felt that such time was not enough for us to gather the family members to witness it and we also deserve to invite our own pathologist because we want fairness.”

    He said that Gov. Sanwo-Olu spoke with his father on phone but that his presence in the house would have calmed all nerves.

    “I trust him but he will not be the one to conduct the autopsy, his people will give him the report, he trusted them but we don’t.”

    He said that without autopsy, the evidence was clear regarding what led to the untimely death of his sister.

    Ayanwola added, “Bamise boarded a BRT bus. She was supposed to alight at Oshodi, the driver of the bus did not drop her, it was even the police that took her body to the morgue.

    “The following day when we started looking for her, we went to several stations, but they were hostile to us.

    “They saw the evidence, listen to the video but they were still helpless. Nobody seems to believedthe police any longer as they are not doing their jobs as expected.

    “It is not even the police that got him arrested, they are incapacitated.”

    According to him, the security of Nigerians is not important anymore.

    “Why is the security of Nigeria not so important any more? With Bamise’s death, it is obvious that the places of safety are no longer safe, we have many wars to win.

    “It is a neglect of duty to allow BRT buses to operate and be transporting passengers without security features installed in them; no Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras installed inside them to record happenings while in transit.”

    He said that Bamise was in possession of some materials which could not be found after she had been allegedly murdered.

    “Where is Bamise’s bag that contained her phone, my wife and son’s cloths and other materials.

    “Where are the cloths she was wearing on that fateful day.

    “Even without the autopsy, all the culprits can easily be apprehended.”

    He said that somebody who introduced himself as an official of the state government called his mother and was asking her when Bamise would be buried.

    “Why is the state so in a haste to bury the remains of my sister, that is immature.

    “How can we bury her when justice has not been served.

    “There is no security provided for our parents, we don’t know who is who, different people kept calling but God is on our side,” he said.

    Ayanwola said that the family is calling for justice for Bamise so as to save others from such incident.

    The family lawyer, Mr Ayo Ademiluyi, said that they rejected the autopsy because it would be conducted by pathologists that would be appointed by the Lagos State Government.

    “We received an invitation from police that we should come for autopsy a day before it would be performed.

    “We rejected it because it will only be conducted by the appointed officials of Lagos State Government alone.

    “Lagos State is a party in this case, they cannot be a judge in their own case, they can only be witnesses or observants.

    “It is better for them to invite pathologists that are neutral in this case, ” he said.

    Ademiluyi urged the police and the state government to give them two weeks for them to assembly their own team.

    However, the Police Command Public Relations Officer(PPRO) in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told NAN that he could not comment on the late Bamise’s issue because he had just been transferred to Lagos and he needed to update himself on it.

    ” Apart from the prime suspect who had been arrested and arraigned in court, I cannot say if any other suspect has been arrested.

    “I also do not know why the family of Bamise was given a short notice regarding their witnessing the autopsy that was to be carried out on the body of the deceased.

    “As I said, I still need to update myself on the case as the new PPRO of the Police Command in Lagos State,” he said.

  • Graphic autopsy photos of late Dowen student shown at coroner’s inquest

    Graphic autopsy photos of late Dowen student shown at coroner’s inquest

    Over a hundred graphic autopsy photographs of late Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, were on Tuesday shown at an Ikeja Coroner’s Court set up to unravel the circumstances surrounding his demise.

    The photographs were displayed on a projector during the testimony of Dr Sunday Soyemi, the pathologist who led the team that conducted a second autopsy on Dec. 14, 2022 on the deceased.

    The first autopsy was conducted on Dec. 2, 2021 by Dr Clement Vhriterhire, a Consultant Pathologist with Central Hospital Warri, Delta.

    The photographs showed the corpse of the deceased on an autopsy table at the Lagos State University Hospital (LASUTH). The corpse had visible incisions from the first autopsy.

    The pathologist was led in evidence by Dr Jide Martins, the Director of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

    Throwing some light during a slideshow of photographs of body parts of the deceased, Soyemi said: “On his right thigh was the embalmment site and an injury was shown on his right ankle.

    “On the back of his left wrist appears to be a circular bruise. On the right side of his face, above the right eyebrow is what looks like a C-shaped incision.

    “This was done during an attempt to remove the brain at the first autopsy. It is a postmortem injury.

    “There’s a recent external injury on the right lower limb. This is where we saw the Pyelonephritis (infection). It was never mentioned in the first autopsy.

    “The marks on the chin are postmortem injuries acquired after death.”

    Shedding light on a photograph of late Oromoni’s heart and lungs, the pathologist said the organs should have been separated at the first autopsy.

    “The two lungs should have been severed and weighed, likewise the heart.

    “I made several incisions on the lungs and I found areas that showed consolidation which means lobal pneumonia,” he said.

    The pathologist said samples were taken from the lungs of the deceased and taken to a laboratory for testing.

    “We looked at it under the microscope and we confirmed that lobal pneumonia.

    “When I opened the heart, no pathology (illness) was found. This is a photograph of the liver, I was trying to remove the gall bladder which was not removed at the first autopsy, there are many reasons why the gall bladder must be removed.

    “I made several cuts to the liver and sent to the lab and it showed he had hepatitis, an infection of the liver,” he said.

    Soyemi noted that the kidney was also not dissected during the first autopsy and that when parts of the kidney were examined at the laboratory, it was shown to have an infection called pyelonephritis.

    He noted that the intestines were not opened during the first autopsy and that when he examined the intestines, it was not damaged but that it contained a blackish substance which was probably what the deceased had injested.

    “I checked for deep bruising through the process called skinning. There was skinning of the back to check for deep bruising and none were found.

    “If he was physically assaulted, the exposed areas will show haemorrhage.

    “There is reddening in the lower parts of the legs, this shows that the embalming fluid did not get to that part. The body was not properly embalmed.

    “The ankles have been opened and we can see brown discoloration. A section was taken from that part and it was bringing out pus,” he said.

    The pathologist said he opened the skull and examined the brain of the deceased. He noticed that the brain was very pale and did not contain enough blood.

    He also showed the inquest, radiographs of the total body x-ray performed on the corpse prior to the autopsy.

    Soyemi said the x-ray was performed to determine if there were any fractures or skeletal injuries on the deceased. He noted that none were found.

    Giving his findings, the pathologist said “death was ascribed to a generalised infection known as septicemia.

    “We were able to identify the source and it could not be treated. What could have been used in treating the deceased is a massive dose of intravenous antibiotics, intravenous fluids and blood transfusions.”

    Following the testimony of the pathologist, counsel for Dowen College, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the accused Dowen College students waived their rights to be served copies of the autopsy photographs.

    “We will rely on the records of the court. We do not want to be a part of any possible leakage of these sensitive documents,” Mr Anthony Kpokpo, the counsel for Dowen College said.

    Earlier during proceedings, before the photographs were displayed, the DPP informed the inquest that copies of the photographs were not served on all the parties to the proceedings.

    “We tendered the photographs to the court but we did not serve other parties due to the confidentiality of the deceased,” Martins said.

    Counsel for the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Bernard Oniga, in his submission pleaded for confidentiality of the photographs and urged counsel present to not release the photographs to social media.

    The pathologist also pleaded that the photographs should not be released.

    “If those photos should get to social media, the Medical and Dental Council will sanction me due to a breach in doctor, patient confidentiality,” Soyemi said.

    Counsel for the Oromoni family, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), assured Soyemi that he would not be sanctioned.

    “As a former counsel to the Medical and Dental Council, court proceedings are exempted by the council. You are protected,” he said

    The Coroner, Mr Mikhail Kadiri, adjourned proceedings until Feb. 6 for the continuation of the evidence of the father of the deceased.

  • Oromoni’s first autopsy not properly done – Pathologist

    Oromoni’s first autopsy not properly done – Pathologist

    A pathologist, Dr Sokunle Soyemi, has informed an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that the first autopsy conducted at Warri, Delta, on the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, was botched.

    Soyemi, who has 17-year experience in the field of pathology, made the claim on Tuesday while testifying for Lagos State Government at an inquest set up to unravel the cause of the student’s death.

    He was led in evidence by Dr Jide Martins, the Director of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).

    Soyemi testified that the body of late student was brought to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on Dec. 13, 2021, and he conducted an autopsy on him the following day in the presence of seven other pathologists.

    “Before I started the autopsy, the doctor who conducted the first autopsy was in attendance throughout. I observed the first incision that was made for the first autopsy.

    “I observed the first autopsy was not properly done. All the things that were not properly done were documented in my report.

    “At the first autopsy, the pathologist never opened the oesophagus (the food pipe). He also did not open the trachea (air pipe). These are vital things he should not have left out.

    “The conclusion in his report was chemical intoxication. For one to be intoxicated with a chemical, that chemical has to pass through the food path.

    “If one does not open the food path, one cannot talk about chemical intoxication. The chemical that should be injurious to one should pass through the oesophagus.

    “It should not have been anything near chemical intoxication if it did not pass through the oesophagus,” Soyemi said.

    The witness said further that the pathologist who conducted the first autopsy in Warri, Delta, did not look into the lungs of the deceased and also did not detach the heart from the lungs as was the standard practice.

    “If he had done that and weighed the lungs, the weight alone would have told him that something was wrong with the lungs.

    “Your honour, these are a few of the things he did not do. I will say that he did a botched autopsy. Your honour, this is the cause of the controversy concerning this case,” Soyemi said.

    Counsel to the Oromoni family, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), however, objected to the evidence of the pathologist.

    He said that Soyemi was testifying on a matter (first autopsy report) which had not been tendered before the inquest by the DPP.

    “We urge the coroner to stop the move by the DPP to turn the witness to an expert in a matter that is not before the court.

    “The learned DPP should have tendered the first autopsy report and asked the witness to compare it with his own. It is not his duty to speak on another autopsy report,” he said.

    Responding, the DPP said that the witness, an expert witness, was speaking on the state of a body which was before him prior to carrying out a postmortem.

    “He owes this court a duty to explain all the issues that are relevant to the determination of this inquest.

    “He needs to explain to this court the findings of the examination he carried out,” Martins said.

    The Coroner, Mr Mikhail Kadiri, in a short ruling, allowed the testimony of the pathologist on the first autopsy.

    He said the witness was shedding more light on the autopsy he conducted on late Oromoni particularly the state of the body of the deceased.

    The coroner said that the information would aid the inquest in its fact-finding mission.

    Following the ruling, Soyemi revealed his findings to the inquest. He said the late Dowen College student had lobal pneumonia (infection of the lungs) and infection of the liver.

    “He also had an infection of the kidney and an infection of the right ankle, the soft tissue and the muscle covering the bone of the ankle.

    “Against these findings, his death was ascribed to septicemia, lobal pneumonia with pyelonephritis (infection of the kidney) arising from the pyelonephritis of the right ankle.

    “The summary of this is that he had a generalised infection,” Soyemi said.

    He adjourned proceedings to Feb. 14 for the continuation of hearing.

    It was alleged that the 12-year-old student died on Nov. 30, 2021, from injuries sustained in an attack by five senior students of Dowen College for refusing to join a cult.

    It was also alleged that he was forced to drink an obnoxious substance by his attackers.

    The Lagos State DPP Advice released on Jan. 4, however, disputed the allegation, stating that an autopsy conducted in Lagos revealed the real cause of his death as acute bacterial pneumonia due to severe sepsis.

  • Dowen College: Autopsy report on Sylvester Oromoni reveals cause of death

    Dowen College: Autopsy report on Sylvester Oromoni reveals cause of death

    An autopsy report of late 12-year-old student of Dowen college, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni has been made public.

    The autopsy revealed that Sylvester died from ‘acute lung injury from chemical intoxication in a background of blunt force’.

    Recall, Sylvester Oromoni died after he was reportedly bullied by his seniors in Dowen college.

    The report led to an outcry by Nigerians including high profile reactions, weeks ago, as they demanded for justice to be served.

    The autopsy report signed off by one Dr Clement Vhriterhire, revealed that the late student had a scalded upper lip, bruised flanks/back, acute gastric erosion, acute lung injury, cerebral oedema with raised intra-cranial pressure and enlarged liver.

    See screenshot below:

  • Dowen College: Police conclude autopsy, release Sylvester Oromoni’s body for burial

    Dowen College: Police conclude autopsy, release Sylvester Oromoni’s body for burial

    The Lagos State Police Command on Friday said it had released the remains of Sylvester Oromoni, the Dowen College, Lagos student allegedly bullied to death, to his family for burial.

    Spokesperson for the command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said the release followed the conclusion of autopsy on the corpse to ascertain the cause and nature of death.

    But the result of the autopsy is yet to be released while police investigation continues.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the story of 12-year-old Sylvester went viral earlier this month after a family member went on social media to demand justice. In a series of Tweets, the family member, with handle @Perrisonoromoni said Sylvester was assaulted by some senior students pf Dowen College. He added that Sylvester died after sustaining multiple internal injuries from being tortured and bullied.

    Also, in a video released online by the family member, Oromoni jr was seen writhing in pain. His teeth were stained dark red with blood. His legs were swollen, and his belly was bloated.

    The Management of Dowen College in a statement claimed that Sylvester was injured while playing football. In another statement, they assured that they will cooperate with authorities to investigate the incident.

    The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Education paid an inquiry visit to the college and subsequently shut it down indefinitely.

  • Finally, UTH conducts autopsy on late OAU post-graduate student

    Finally, UTH conducts autopsy on late OAU post-graduate student

    Osun University Teaching Hospital (UTH), on Monday, conducted autopsy on the late Timothy Adegoke, a post-graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the autopsy, scheduled for 11:00 am., did not commence until 2:30 pm., due to late arrival of the deceased’s family and other logistics.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, had, on Sunday, told NAN that the autopsy was delayed because the deceased’s family insisted on being part of the process.

    Opalola, however, said that the autopsy would now be carried out today (Monday) at Osun University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.

    It was learnt that the family of the deceased presented a pathologist to be part of the autopsy process, while the police pathologist and the investigating police officer (IPO) for the case were all witnesses to the autopsy process.

    The autopsy, which was conducted by a UTH Consultant Pathologist, Dr Waheed Oluogun, was concluded at 6:30 pm.

    Oluogun, however, said that the result of the autopsy would take two to three weeks to be ready.

    The pathologist also said that by the time the result is ready, it would only be made available to the police.

    The deceased’s family, through their counsel, Mr Naheem Adekilekun, said that comments on the autopsy would be made after the result was out.

    Adekilekun appealed to the police to prosecute the case without fear or favour to any person(s) found culpable.

    NAN reports that Adegoke was said to have travelled to Osun State to sit for an examination at OAU Distance Learning Centre, Moro, Ife North Local Government Area of the state, when he was declared missing on Nov. 7.

    The remains of the deceased were later reportedly evacuated from a forest on Ede/Ife road by the police.

    The police said that six suspects, said to be staff members of Hilton Hotels and Resort, Ile-Ife, and the owner, Ramon Adedoyin, were arrested by the police after investigation revealed that the late Adegoke checked into the facility before he was declared missing.

  • Autopsy report faults rape allegation in Abuja student’s death

    Autopsy report faults rape allegation in Abuja student’s death

    The controversy surrounding the death of Keren Akpagher, a student at Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja, seems to have been laid to rest following the release of the interim autopsy report by the Nigeria Police Force, which confirmed that she died of complications related to high blood sugar.

     

    The Federal Capital Territory Police Command had on September 8, invited Akpagher’s family, officials of Premiere Academy and medical team of the Queens Hospital, Wuse, Abuja, where she was admitted before her death, to read the report of the autopsy to them.

     

    According to persons privy to the meeting, the autopsy report contradicted the claim that she died of sepsis as a result of “decayed condom” found in her, which had raised concerns that she might have been a victim of sexual assault.

     

    A now discredited medical report from Queens Hospital, Wuse, Abuja, where she died, had claimed that there was “copious thick milky discharge and expression of rubbery material (condom) from the vagina when (the doctor) attempted to pass a urethral catheter.”

     

    However, the autopsy report, as released by the police and backed by two private consultant pathologists, found that the deceased’s vagina “was empty and contained no pus or any foreign material.”

     

    According to autopsy, the “Urogenital system, comprising of the vulva, associated internal organs such as the vagina, uterine cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes together the right and left ovaries as well as the right and left kidneys together with their respective adrenal glands and the left and right ureters, were dissected out together and examined.

     

    “The vagina was about 9.5 cm long and 8 cm at its widest point, near its vault.

     

    “It was empty and contained no pus or any foreign material.”

     

    The report went on to add: “The mucosal lining displayed the normal and usual transverse ridges and the lining was smooth and clean. It displayed no lacerations or excoriations of any sort.”

     

    The post-mortem also examined the uterine cervix and found that “it was conical and closed.

     

    “Its external opening (external os) was tightly closed and round.

     

    “The covering is clean, displaying no lacerations or excoriations.

     

    “The canal of the cervix (endocervical canal) is empty and contained no foreign body material.

     

    “The internal opening (internal os) was unremarkable.”

     

    The summary of the autopsy fingered severe high blood sugar of 435.6 mg/dl, triggering acute cerebral oedema, acute pulmonary oedema and acute liver congestion as cause of death and not sepsis, as claimed by Queens Hospital.

     

    Authorities of Premiere Academy had always insisted that Keren’s blood sugar was effectively managed while she was in school.

     

    The Matron of the school clinic, Grace Salami, disclosed that the deceased’s blood sugar level was 114 mg/dl and normal on the day she exited the school, leading to concerns that she didn’t take her daily insulin shots when went home two days before her hospitalisation and eventual death.

     

    In a statement released on Monday, Premiere Academy stated the result of the autopsy was consistent with the position of the school that late Keren died from the mismanagement of her diabetic condition while at home.

     

    “Once again, our hearts go out to the family, friends and well wishers of our dear late student, Miss Keren Akpagher… we pray that God comforts us all,” the statement added.