The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, has upheld the death sentence judgment earlier handed out by the High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, to Rahmon Adedoyin, the owner of the hotel where Timothy Adegoke, an Obafemi Awolowo University student was murdered in November 2021.
On October 29, 2024, the appeal court reserved judgment on the matter 16 months after Adedoyin had filed an appeal.
The appellate court held that Adedoyin was properly convicted and sentenced to death by the lower court.
Delivering the judgment,Justice Oyebisi Omoleye also ruled that the Order of forfeiture of Hilton Hotel be quashed and set aside.
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The Order of education scholarship to children of Late Timothy Adegoke by Adedoyin and others was also quashed and set aside.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)