The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, has ruled on the death sentence judgment earlier handed out by the High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, to Rahmon Adedoyin, over alleged murder of Timothy Adegoke, an Obafemi Awolowo MBA student.
DAILY GIST recalls that Adegoke’s body was found in a shallow grave at a location very close to Hilton Hotel and Resorts, where he had been lodged.
Hilton Hotel and Resorts belongs to Rahmon Adedoyin, and investigations conducted by the police later revealed that the business mogul was one of Adegoke’s four murderers.
The appellate court in a ruling on Thursday affirmed that Adedoyin was properly convicted and sentenced to death by the lower court.
Consequently, the judgement was upheld by the appellate court
On October 29, 2024, the appeal court reserved judgment on the matter 16 months after the industrialist had filed an appeal.
On November 5, 2021, Timothy Adegoke, an Abuja-based chartered accountant, travelled to Ile-Ife to write his Master of Business Administration exams at the OAU Distance Learning Centre.
When friends and family members no longer heard from the student two days after he had confirmed his arrival in Ile-Ife to them, he was declared missing.
Adegoke’s body was later found in a shallow grave at a location very close to Hilton Hotel and Resorts, where he had been lodged.
