The owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Rahman Adedoyin, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo.
NIGERIACRIME had reported earlier today that Justice Ojo declared that Adedoyin was culpable of murder of
Recall that Timothy Adegoke, an OAU postgraduate student was killed in Adegoke’s hotel in 2021.
Justice Ojo said the owner of the hotel and two of his workers, based on the circumstances of the case established by the prosecuting counsel, Femi Falana, SAN, are found culpable of conspiracy to commit murder, and unlawful killing of the deceased.
According to the case summary and proof of evidence filed by the Police, Adedoyin was charged for illegally disposing of Adegoke’s body, altering and cancelling his payment receipt and the removal of the hotel’s CCTV cameras with intent to destroy evidence.
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One of Adedoyin’s lawyers who spoke when the case commenced in 2022, Abiodun Williams, said the legal team expected the development as it was an indication that the Police had concluded their investigations which also signified the beginning of the legal battle to prove and establish the innocence of the accused persons.
He said, “At least the charges have now cleared Adedoyin of the grievous allegations of murder and ritual killing peddled against him; thus setting the stage for him and all the suspects to prove their innocence before the court.
“We will like to restate, most emphatically, that Adedoyin ought not to have been dragged into this case in the first place. We will, therefore, leave the rest to the court to decide according to the proof of evidence placed before it.
“Hopefully, the media, especially the online blogs and those sponsoring lies and rumours, will stop their unfounded allegations and allow the court to dispense justice to all those involved according to the facts and evidence adduced.”