Adeleke buried amidst tears, Amosun rescues Aregbesola's aide from mob

Senator  Isiaka Adeleke was buried at his residence in Ede, Osun State on Monday.
The corpse was brought to the residence from Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo  about 10:46am, where the Chief Imam of Ede, Alhaji Moshood Akaje, performed the funeral prayers  at 11:03 am.
Adeleke’s body was immediately buried after the prayers, amidst tears by family members, friends and political associates.
Governors  Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti and Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, were among the dignitaries that attended the burial.
But for the timely intervention of Amosun and his security aides, an aide to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Mrs. Idiat Babalola, would have been lynched by an angry crowd.
Some of the protesters were heard shouting that the state government had a hand in Adeleke’s death because of his ambition to governor the state in 2018.
Adeleke was the first civilian governor of the South-West state between January 1992 and November 1993 on  the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Third Republic.
On sighting Babalola, the crowd became uncontrollable, insisting that she must leave the venue.
To carry out their threat, the canopy where the governors, Babalola and others were sitting was pulled down.
She was immediately mobbed.
Amosun had to personally rescue her before she was shielded out of the venue.
It was a tough job for the Ogun governor as she held Babalola tightly.
Some of Amosun’s security aides drew their guns.
A policeman threatened to shoot one of the rioters when he was moving too close to the governor.
Outside, when she was about to enter her car, some of the protesters moved to run after her.
Again, Amosun had to personally block some of them.
It took the intervention of policemen to ferry her out of the residence.
The atmosphere at the late senator’s  house was tense  as