Ile-Ife, Osun state – The court of appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke.
Adegoke was a Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, when he died. The Abuja-based Oyo state indigene was found dead in November 2021 at Adedoyin’s Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife, where he (the deceased) had lodged.
As reported by The Punch, according to the court’s judgment on Thursday, January 23, 2025, the appellate court noted that the judgment by the Osun state high court which sentenced Adedoyin to death still stands.
The appeal court had reserved the judgment on October 29, 2024.
The judgement read in parts:
“The judgment of the High Court of Osun State stands. Adedoyin’s appeal is dismissed in part. The Court of Appeal held that Adedoyin was properly convicted and sentenced to death.”
Furthermore, it noted that the “order of forfeiture of Hilton Hotel quashed and set aside. Order of education scholarship to children of Timothy Adegoke by Adedoyin and others quashed and set aside.”.
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