The owner of Hilton Hotel, Dr. Rahmon Adedoyin, has been sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of a Masters degree student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, Osun State, Mr. Timothy Adegoke.
Adegoke who was a guest died in the hotel between November 5 and 7, 2021.
In the judgement delivered by the Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo, the court said the circumstantial evidence made available to it showed that Adegoke was murdered by Adedoyin and his staff who tried to conceal the crime.
The judge added that the refusal of Adedoyin not to enter the witness box was an admission of the murder charge as made against him.
He dismissed the plea that Adedoyin was in Abuja at the time Adegoke’s murder was carried out.
