Hilton Hotel owner, Dr Adedoyin sentenced to death over murder of OAU Student, Adegoke

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The owner of Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin has been sentenced to death by hanging, along with two workers of the hotel, for the murder of a student, Timothy Adegoke.

Based on the circumstances of the case as established by the prosecution,Justice Oyebola Ojo, Osun State Chief Judge sitting at the High Court in Osogbo, said the three were culpable of conspiracy to commit murder, and the unlawful killing of the postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) student.

Also sentenced to death are Adeniyi Aderogba, 37 and Kazeem Oyetunde, 38, both workers of the hotel.

Three others – Magdalene Chiefuna, 24, Lawrence Oluwale, 37, and Adedeji Adesola, 23, were acquitted of the charges and discharged by the court, while sentencing for a seventh defendant was adjourned to Wednesday.

37 year old Adegoke went missing after lodging at the Hilton Hotels and Resorts at Ile-Ife on his arrival from Abuja on November 5, 2021.

He was due to write an examination at the OAU Distance Learning Centre, Moro, Osun State, the next day, November 6 and November 7, 2021 but went missing and was found dead, buried in a grave following a police investigation of the hotel owner, Dr Rahman Adedoyin and its workers.

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