The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday, upheld the death sentence on Dr Ramon Adedoyin, a prominent hotel owner, for his involvement in the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
The appellate court while delivering judgment, affirmed the earlier judgement of the Osun State High Court sentencing Adedoyin to death.
The Court of Appeal, which reserved its judgment on the matter on October 29, 2024, declared, “The judgment of the High Court of Osun State stands. Adedoyin’s appeal is dismissed in part. The Court of Appeal held that Adedoyin was properly convicted and sentenced to death.”
But the Appeal 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. His body was later found in a shallow grave at a location very close to the hotel.
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