The owner of Hilton Hotel, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin and two of his staff at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife have been sentenced to death by hanging.
They were found guilty of murder of Master degree Student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke.
Adegoke was allegedly murdered between November 5 and 7, 2021, at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife.
The court presided over by Chief judge of Osun State, Justice Oyebola Ojo, found Adedoyin and two of his staff guilty of murder and conspiracy.
The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, while delivering her judgement on the case, held that the circumstantial evidence available to the court, pointed to the killing of Adegoke while being a guest at the hotel owned by Adedoyin.
According to her, Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box did not help him, as the circumstantial evidence had shifted the burden of proof on him.
Justice Ojo also said Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box meant he agreed to the murder charge pressed against him by the prosecution, dismissing the alibi pleaded on his behalf by his counsel, who said the hotel owner was in Abuja for many days around the time the death of the late Adegoke occurred.
