Court sentences Osun hotelier to death by hanging over murder of OAU student

 

A popular hotelier and owner of Hilton Hotel Ile-Ile, Osun State, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin has been found guilty in the murder trial of Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s student at Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife, who was murdered around November 5, 2021, at the hotel where he lodged.

In her ruling on the case on Tuesday, the Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, stated that the circumstantial evidence suggested that Adegoke was killed while a guest at the hotel run by Adedoyin.

She said that since the weight of proof had been placed on him by the circumstantial evidence, Adedoyin’s decision to stay out of the witness box had not helped him.

In addition, Justice Ojo dismissed the alibi offered on behalf of Adedoyin by his attorney, who claimed that the hotel owner was in Abuja for several days around the time the late Adegoke died.

Justice Ojo claimed that Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box meant that he agreed to the murder charge brought against him by the prosecution.

The court also declared his son, Raheem wanted.