The family of police sergeant Adeleke Ogunsola who died in the private residence of former Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel, has cast doubts over the official account of how her husband died.
Mr Daniel and the police had said Ogunsola was involved in an accident at the security gate of the premises on February 19.
Daniel added that Ogunsola was immediately taken to the hospital, and then referred to Babcock Hospital in Ilishan, but later died.
The deceased’s wife Abosede Ogunsola told Premium Times that the police and Daniel’s aides informed her that the death was as a result of an iron mistakenly hitting her husband in the chest.
But she said the mark she saw on her husband’s corpse at the mortuary could not have killed him, adding that an autopsy will be done.
“We saw a wound on his chest and we do not believe that injury could have killed my husband. But we are sure of something, whatever is hidden to men is clear to God. Again, we do not accept that it was that wound on his chest that killed him,” she said.
The widow, who noted that her late husband had two wives and three children, claimed the family was offered N1 million.
“Since this happened, it was yesterday (Monday) that they came to see us and they tendered N1 million to us. They didn’t give that money to us in our house, but few minutes after they left, it was the DPO that called us to say that they brought the sum of N1 million,” she added.
The family did not accept the money, Mrs Ogunsola said.
Ogun police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi said an investigation had commenced on the matter.
Oyeyemi also said he was not aware of the monetary offer to the deceased’s family.
