The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday, upheld the death sentence on the owner of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, following his involvement in the murder of a former Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Mr Timothy Adegoke.
In its judgment over the appeal of Adedoyin, the appellate court, affirmed the earlier judgement of the Osun State High Court, sentencing Adedoyin to death.
The Court of Appeal then said , “The judgment of the High Court of Osun State stands. Adedoyin’s appeal is dismissed in part. Adedoyin was properly convicted and sentenced to death.”
But the appellate court set aside some aspects of the lower court’s orders.
According to the judgment, “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.”
Osun State High Court had on May 30, 2023, sentenced the owner of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adedoyin and his staff, Adeniyi Aderogba and Oyetunde Kazeem, to death by hanging for Adegoke’s murder.
Adegoke, 37, was gruesomely murdered in November 2021, while lodging in Adedoyin’s hotel while his body was later found in a shallow grave at a location very close to the hotel.
