Blessing Bello, Reporting
THERE was tension and mild drama at the premises of the Osun State University Teaching Hospital (UNIOSUNTH), Osogbo, on Monday when enraged loyalists of slain Adeleke’s aide, Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as ‘Emir Ajagungbade’, allegedly attacked staff of the hospital while retrieving his corpse.
The remains of Emir Ajagungbade were subsequently interred at his private residence in the Agunbelewo area of Osogbo.
Some members of his family, friends, supporters and associates had earlier besieged the premises close to the morgue to grieve, while others were said to be expecting that he would resurrect.
They, however, became unruly when a staff member of the hospital simply identified as Abiodun attempted to record them with his phone near the administrative block of the hospital.
He was attacked and his phone was smashed and burnt by the Emir’s supporters in protest at the gruesome killing of their leader, who was attacked around Mayfair motor park in Ile-Ife on Sunday.
Similarly, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of UNIOSUNTH, Mr Farinloye, was equally attacked when he made efforts to rescue Abiodun from the mob.
A source within the hospital, who pleaded anonymity, explained that police operatives later intervened because the mob also assaulted one of the visitors to the hospital.
“It was the police that rescued the two staff of UNIOSUNTH and one other. They were hurling stones at the police after they rescued their victims and were leaving the premises of the hospital,” the source said.
More personnel of the Nigerian Police were later deployed to the two entrances of the hospital, with five security patrol vans stationed there, while a DSS van patrolled the premises.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Osun State Command, Abiodun Ojelabi, disclosed on Monday that the police had recovered another corpse at Mayfair motor park, Ile-Ife, where Emir Ajagungbade was attacked and killed.
