Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke.
In the judgment rendered on Thursday, the appellate court noted that the judgment by the Osun State High Court which sentenced Adedoyin to death stands.
The judgment read in parts: “The judgment of the High Court of Ọ̀ṣun State stands. Adedoyin’s appeal is dismissed in part. The Court of Appeal held that Adedoyin was properly convicted and sentenced to death.”
It further noted that the “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.”
The late master’s student, Adegoke was found dead in November 2021 at Adedoyin’s Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, where he (the deceased) had lodged.