Not many people know that the late former Oyo State Governor, Lam Adesina, is a lover of the English Premiership League. This was revealed by his closed friends and former colleagues, who were with him on Saturday evening at Saint Nicholas Hospital, Lagos.
Former Governor of Ogun State Olusegun Osoba, in an interview with newsmen, said: “His death is more than shocking. Chief Niyi Adebayo and I were with him in the hospital, eight hours before he died. We watched the Aston Villa – Man U match together, the three of us in his hospital room.
“We joked. We spoke. We laughed. We discussed politics. He was in good spirit and alert, only for us to be called at about 7:00 a.m. this morning (Sunday) that he had died,” Osoba said in an interview with newsmen.
On his part, former Ekiti State Governor, Niyi Adebayo said: “He has been ill for some time and we were together with him last night, myself and Chief Osoba and I. He was very jovial. We discussed all manner of subjects: politics, social issues.
“It came as a shock this morning when I got a call that he had passed on. May his soul rest in peace. He really will be missed, As you are well aware, we used to be six Alliance for Democracy governors. There are only four of us left now,” he said soberly.
After his visitors were gone, Alhaji Adesina was said to have called for his dinner of yam and stew which had already been prepared. He was said to have taken just a slice of yam from without it with stew.
With dinner over, Adesina telephoned a member of the state House of Assembly, Honourable Kehinde Subair and asked that he extend greetings to the speaker and other members of the House.
At about 5.10 a.m. on Sunday, the former governor was said to have told his caregivers he was pressed and headed for the loo.
Unable to pass any stool, he was returned to his bed, where he started gasping for breath and could not gather the strength to talk to anyone, including the medical team treating him before he succumbed to death.