A high court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has sentenced Rahmon Adedoyin, the owner of Hilton Hotel and Resorts, to death by hanging.

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Apart from Adedoyin, Adeniyi Aderogba and Oyetunde Kazeem, two other staff working at the hotel, were also sentenced to death for the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a master’s student at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

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Three other defendants in the case, Magdalene Chiefuna, Lawrence Oluwole and Adedji Adesola, were discharged and acquitted for the various offences preferred against them by the prosecution.

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The court was of the opinion that the offences for which they were charged did no go in tandem with the evidence elicited by the prosecution.

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Details to come…