Couple suspected to have died of poison in Ilesa Osun State have on Thursday been buried at their residence, Ireti Ayo, Imose area of the town.
Reports filtered in both traditional and social media Last Friday that the couple, Pastor Michael and Deaconess Deborah died of poison Thursday night.
The late couple’s maid, simply identified as Lara, an Igede girl who was said to have been living with them for years was alleged in some quarters to have poisoned the deceased.
Daily Mail also learnt that it was also suspected that the couple may have died as a result of inhaling power generating set fume.
At the funeral service conducted before the deceased were interned, mourners came from across Ilesha and beyond to empathise with the family as well as to pay last respect.
A source close to the family of the deceased who spoke in confidence with Daily Mail reporter, debunked the claims that they were either poisoned by the maid or died of generator’s emission.
He said the children of the deceased wouldn’t have believed that the maid could poison their parents because she has been with them and “she is even very young to commit such an atrocity at the age of under 10”.
However, the family was not in any doubt that the deceased were poisoned but could not ascertain who perpetrated the act.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Command, SP Yemisi Opalola has confirmed that the children of the deceased insisted that they bury their parents, a decision which discontinued further investigation of the matter.
“The first child and second child of the the deceased said they wanted to bury their parents. They said they didn’t want any autopsy to be conducted. So we cannot continue investigation to ascertain the cause of their death”, Opalola explained.
