Alhaji Taye Hussein Abubakar, a 63-year-old land agent detained at the Oke Kura Correctional Facility, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, over land deals that resulted in legal matter reportedly died on Friday morning, 10 May 2024.

A relation of the deceased blamed the death of Alhaji Abubakar on Judiciary and the authorities of the Correctional Service, accusing them of neglect. He stated, “He was involved in land deals that resulted in court matters, so he was picked up and detained since then, about four or five months ago. And he was not brought to Court since then but abandoned.”

“At least, he should have been given a second chance. How could he have got money to repay those involved in the land deals if he was kept in prison? The Judge was approached and begged to release him on bail with some sureties to stand for him but all to no avail.

“So, on Friday, 10 May 2024, we learnt he was rushed to hospital. Some said he died on the way to hospital while some others said that he died while receiving treatment. His health condition was not fine before his death and the judge knew about it,” the relative said.

Reacting to the incident, the spokeperson of the Correctional Facility in the State, Phillip Adegbulugbe, confirmed the death of the land agent. He stated that he died in the hospital of illness related to kidney problems, as against the insinuation that he died in the Correctional Facility.

“He was taken to General Hospital, Ilorin where he died. I saw his Hospital file stating the illness. He was taken to hospital on Thursday, 9 May 2024, evening and reportedly died at about 8:00 am today, Friday. He didn’t die in the facility as some people were saying. I was just coming back from the hospital,” he added.

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