The owner of Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Dr Rahman Adedoyin, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo, over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, an Obafemi Awolowo University postgraduate student.
Ojo in her judgement, said that Adedoyin 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.
Adegoke had lodged in Hilton Hotels and Resorts at Ile-Ife upon his arrival from Abuja on November 5, 2021, to enable him to arrive early for his examination at the OAU Distance Learning Centre, Moro, Osun State, on November 6 and November 7, 2021.
He later went missing and was found dead buried in a grave following a police investigation of the hotel owner, Dr Rahman Adedoyin and its workers.
After Adegoke was declared missing, the police were invited and seven suspects were arrested after which investigation commenced.