Adedoyin To Die By Hanging Over Murder Of OAU Student, Court Rules

The owner of Hilton Hotel Ile-Ile in Osun, Ramon Adedoyin has been sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), in 2021.

BBC Pidgin reported that Oyebola Ojo, the Osun chief judge, gave the ruling on Tuesday, after the hotelier was found guilty in the case.

Adegoke was said to have traveled from Abuja to write an exam at a distance learning centre of OAU in Moro, Osun state, on November 5, 2021.

He had lodged in Adedoyin’s hotel.

The student was, however, declared missing two days later — only to be found dead.

The police had arrested Adedoyin and the six suspects said to be staff members of Hilton Hotels and Resort, Ile-Ife where the deceased lodged.