High Chief Apagun Oluwole Buried As Family Insist He Was Not Strangled

The remains of the late Egba High Chief, Apagun Oluwole Olumide, who was reported to have  committed  suicide last weekend, was committed to mother earth, shortly after an autopsy was performed on him.

His corpse was  brought into his compound by a grey  Mercedez  ambulance marked TOS 5  accompanied by his family members and friends, as  six casket bearers later  carried the sky-blue casket into the late Egba Chief's  home.

Shortly before he was buried, Rev. Olohuntoba Obaselu  who preached the sermon on the occasion, enjoined everybody to be mindful of his tomorrow.

He was buried at exactly 3;45pm at his house at Ita-Eko, Ibara Abeokuta in the presence of many dignitaries including former Governor Gbenga Daniel, former  Minister of Mines and Steel, Sarafa Ishola among others.

Vanguard reliably gathered that, contrary to the rumour making the rounds that, the late Apagun Olumide, who was the Chairman of  Abeokuta Golf Resort was possibly strangled to death before he was dumped  in the lake at the resort, the result of the autopsy indicated otherwise.

Although, the official report of the autopsy  was  yet to be made public, but, Vangurad who was at Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital morgue, Aro, Abeokuta where his body was kept, got the hint that, there was no foul play .

When our correspondent contacted the Police Spokesman for the state police command, Lawrence Aleto, he said  he was yet to  be  briefed about the result of the autopsy performed on the late Apagun.

The burial which was devoid of usual glamour attached to burial  ceremony of personalities like the seasoned architect, came to the climax at 3:45pm when his body was lowered.

It was learnt that, a heated argument ensued  between the state government  representatives and the family of the late Egba high Chief over the propriety of an autopsy.

Vanguard who witnessed  the  incident, saw the delegation  of the state government led by  the State Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations, Joel  Eye,  presenting  a letter from the state government ordering an autopsy on the body of the late Apagun Olumide.

His  eldest  son, Femi Oluwole-Olumide who  said that, it was  very clear that there was  no foul play as   being  insinuated,  accused the government of politicising their fathers death.

The family members who arrived the hospital around 8 am yesterday to take the corps met a stiff resistance from police and other security agents who  were said to have  been drafted to the area as early as 3am to prevent any  suspicious act.

The  family members after a while,  gave in and allowed an autopsy to be performed on the body.

Vanguard