Concerned friends of the family of late Ifedolapo Oladepo have urged President Muhammad Buhari to caution the Minister of Sports and Youth Development Comrade Solomon Dalung, against making inflammatory statement that could further aggravate the agony the parents and family members are passing through over the untimely death of Dolapo.
The minister who was said to have exonerated the NYSC of culpability in the death of Ifedolapo was said to have gave an indication that the remains of Ifedolapo will be exhumed for autopsy to confirm the cause of the death while in NYSC orientation camp.
Speaking with newsmen in Osogbo shortly after Dolapo’s father’s vivid account of events that led to the death of his daughter, the Coordinator of the group, Mr. Oladele Banji noted that the statement by the Minister has caused further trauma for the family, especially the mother.
Meanwhile, the father of the deceased, a retired Sanitarian, Olawale Oladepo has insisted that the untimely death of his daughter was caused by negligence of the NYSC
According to him, Dolapo nursed no ailment before she departed home for Kano at about 6am on Thursday 24th of December and called at regular intervals along the journey till she got to Kano around 1:00am the following day and headed straight for the NYSC Orientation Camp with two other friends.
He wondered how a person who participated actively and appeared so radiant in all the pictures she sent home could according to the medical certificate of the cause of her death issued by Gwazo General Hospital died of Kidney infection.
The bereaved man who gave vivid account of all the activities of his daughter to the point of death attributed the death to negligence and lackadaisical attitude of the NYSC adding that the NYSC should come out with a vivid account of what happened to his daughter between 8:00am on Monday that she reported to the camp clinic and the time she passed on at 4:pm the second morning.
“The death certificate issued by the Gwazo General Hospital, Kano said she had Sepsis that led to kidney infection. I wonder if truly she had kidney infection, did the camp have proper medical facilities to have kept her, and why taking her to the General Hospital with no facilities to treat such ailments?”
While appreciating the efforts of President Muhammad Buhari at making sure a reliable investigation is conducted into the circumstances that led to the death of his daughter, Mr Oladipo pledged his cooperation to the panel.
On the purported proposed autopsy to be conducted on the remains of Ifedolapo, Mr. Oladepo said the family has never been engaged in any communication nor any letter written to the family to that effect.
Besides, Mr Oladepo contended that the family will only consider such option after all avenues such as listening to the preceding conversations of Dolapo through communication network had been explored.
He appreciated the Governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, members of the National Assembly, members of the Osun State House of Assembly and the media for their interest in the circumstances that led to the death of his son.
Source: Leadership Newspapers
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