Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo of the Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has declined the bail application filed by Rahmon Adedoyin, the owner of Hilton Hotel and Resorts, and six others, in the ongoing court trial over the mysterious death of Timothy Adegoke, an MBA student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State.

After acknowledging that the charges brought against the businessman and six of his hotel staff were bailable on Monday, the judge went on to note that they were equally serious felony charges that could attract jail terms.

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She also pointed out that the applicants’ health conditions, the basis for which the applications were filed, are not critical, thus declining all seven.

The other defendants, who are being tried on eleven counts bothering on murder, conspiracy, felony amongst others, are Magdalene Chiefuna, Adeniyi Aderogba, Oluwole Lawrence, Oyetunde Kazeem, Adebayo Kunle and Adedeji Adesola.

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Adegoke, an Abuja-based chartered accountant, had travelled to Ile-Ife on November 5, 2021 to write his MBA exams at the OAU Distance Learning Centre. 

He was declared missing on November 7, 2021. Later, his body was found in a shallow grave at a location very close to Hilton Hotel and Resorts, where he had been accommodated.