By Yemi Yusuf
The owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Raman Adedoyin has been sentenced to death by hanging.
Reports say Adedoyin was sentenced to death for the murder of a postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Timothy Adegoke.
Adegoke was reportedly murdered at the Hilton Hotel and Honours on November 6, 2021.
Adegoke had gone to Ile-Ife to sit for an exam at the OAU Distance Learning Centre, Moro campus, when he was declared missing on November 7.
Adegoke’s body was later discovered after some suspects, including workers at the hotel, were arrested by the police.
It was learnt that Adegoke had lodged in Hilton hotel located in Ile-Ife, Osun State between October 22 and November 5, 2021, before he was later declared missing.
Adedoyin was sentenced to death by hanging by the Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo having found him culpable of murder.
The Chief Judge in her judgement said the owner of the hotel and two of his workers, based on the case established by the prosecuting counsel, Femi Falana, SAN, are guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and unlawful killing of the deceased.
