A lifeless body of a commercial motorclist identified as Adewale Aderogba was at the weekend found at the entrance of a pentecostal church(name withheld) at Amuludun street in Ondo city, the headquarters of Ondo west local government area of Ondo State. The cause of the middle-aged man was not known at the press time….
A lifeless body of a commercial motorclist identified as Adewale Aderogba was at the weekend found at the entrance of a pentecostal church(name withheld) at Amuludun street in Ondo city, the headquarters of Ondo west local government area of Ondo State.
The cause of the middle-aged man was not known at the press time.
LEADERSHIP learnt that the deceased used to be an epiletic patient before his untimely death.
The incident, according to a source has thrown the residents of the area into confusion as it was gathered that some of them had fled for fear of indiscriminate arrest by the police.
The source explained that , the deceased went out with his friends to drink on Friday night and his lifeless body was found on Saturday morning by the residents.
Also, some residents of the area called on the police to conduct a thorough investigation over the matter because the deceased was found dead and half-naked.
LEADERSHIP investigation revealed that the police have already arrested the deceased’s friend who went out together with him to drink, for interrogation.
Confirming the incident when contacted on telephone , the Police Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command, Mr. Femi said that the deceased was an epileptic patient.
The PPRO said , ” He was an epileptic patient and the same time he is a drunkard. He went out with his friend to drink, at that point he had an epileptic crisis and his friends rushed him to the church for resuscitation and spiritual healing but he died on the way.”
He added that in the investigation conducted there was no foul play on the death of Late Aderogba.
