Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s student at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, died between November 5 and November 7, 2021, at the Hilton Honours Hotel in Ile-Ife. The popular hotel owner, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, was found guilty of his murder by the Osun State High Court.
Adegoke was killed while a guest at the hotel run by Adedoyin, according to the circumstantial evidence available to the court, according to Osun Chief Judge Adepele Ojo, who rendered her ruling on the case.
She claimed that since the weight of proof had been placed on him by the circumstantial evidence, Adedoyin’s decision to stay out of the witness box had not helped him.
In addition, Justice Ojo dismissed the alibi offered on behalf of Adedoyin by his attorney, who claimed that the hotel owner was in Abuja for several days around the time the late Adegoke died. Justice Ojo claimed that Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box meant that he agreed to the murder charge brought against him by the prosecution.
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