This decision comes after Adedoyin appealed the Osun State High Court’s ruling, which found him guilty of murdering Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student at Obafemi Awolowo University.
The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, has upheld the death sentence of Ramon Adedoyin, the owner of Hilton Hotels in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
This decision comes after Adedoyin appealed the Osun State High Court’s ruling, which found him guilty of murdering Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student at Obafemi Awolowo University.
The appeal court had reserved its judgment on October 29, 2024, and delivered its verdict on Thursday, confirming that Adedoyin’s death sentence still stands.
The court dismissed Adedoyin’s appeal and held that the hotel owner “was properly convicted and sentenced to death”.
SaharaReporters had broken the story about the death of Timothy Adegoke and also reported the arrest of Adedoyin after the student’s lifeless body was discovered in November 2021 at the Hilton Honours Hotel in Ile-Ife.
The hotel is owned by Ramon Adedoyin.