The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure has this morning upheld the judgement of the Osun State High Court which sentenced Chief Rahman Adedoyin to death over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of OAU.
Rahman Adedoyin is the Chairman of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, the last known place that Timothy Adegoke lodged prior to his death. Adegoke, an MBA student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-lfe, died under suspicious circumstances at the hotel.
The judgement delivered, quashed the forfeiture of Hilton Hotel, the venue of the murder crime and also quashed the order of education scholarship for the children of the deceased. …CONTINUE READING
The Court of Appeal had previously reserved its 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.”
However, the court also quashed the orders for the forfeiture of Hilton Hotel and the educational scholarship for Adegoke’s children, which had been part of the original verdict.
“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,” the ruling further noted.
Adegoke’s body was discovered in November 2021 at Adedoyin’s Hilton Honours Hotel, where he (the deceased) had lodged.
