An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced the owner of Hilton Honors Hotel, Ile-Ife, Rahmon Adedoyin, to death by hanging for the murder of Timothy Adegoke, postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
The presiding judge who is the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Adepele Ojo while delivering judgement on Tuesday, found Adedoyin guilty and sentenced him to death.
Justice Ojo also said Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box meant he agreed to the murder charge pressed against him by the prosecution.
He dismissed the alibi pleaded on his behalf by his counsel, who said the hotel owner was in Abuja for many days around the time of the death of the late Adegoke.
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