Breaking: Court Strikes Out Murder Case Against Rahmon Adedoyin, Six Others

Abiola Olawale
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Breaking: Court Strikes Out Murder Case Against Rahmon Adedoyin, Six Others

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out the murder case against the owner of Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife, Rahmon Adedoyin, alongside six others being tried over the murder of Timothy Adegoke.

Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State was reportedly murdered at Hilton Honour Hotel and Resorts, Ile Ife on November 6, 2021. His death has since been a subject of controversy.

Since the demise, Adedoyin and the six others were arrested and interrogated by the Osun State police command.

Addressing the court on Tuesday, the legal counsel to the police, Ochogwu Ogbe, moved an application for discontinuance of the case.

Ogbe said the withdrawal of the case was necessitated by the need for further investigations on the case. He added this was in view of some “new facts” found concerning the case.

The presiding judge, Osho-Adebiyi in her ruling struck out the case on the basis of the application.

“Since the prosecutor has applied for a discontinuance of case and the defendants are not opposing the application, I hereby struck out the case,” she ruled.

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