Matthew Omosun, the prosecuting counsel, in the ongoing trial of Rahmon Adedoyin over alleged involvement in the murder of Timothy Adegoke, has enthused that the fast pace of proceedings could well see the case dispensed with within a month.

Omosun said this on Tuesday while entertaining questions from journalists at the end of the day’s hearing of the matter.

Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo of the Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, had adjourned the trial till March 16, 17, and 18, after several hours of intense questioning and cross-examination of just one principal witness.

Tuesday’s proceedings, which lasted for close to six hours, saw Afeez Olaniyan, the police officer in charge of the case and inspector at the Osun State Police Command, take witness stand.

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He was quizzed extensively by both the prosecuting and defence counsels on the preliminary investigations and findings made right from the period Adegoke was declared missing.

When the inspector was eventually excused from the stand, counsel for the seven defendants in the case requested that the court grant them a few days to allow for further review of the case file at their disposal.

“If you can remember, the trial only started a couple of days back and we have taken five witnesses already,” Omosun would later say.

“We would have taken the sixth witness as well but, for the opposing counsel who requested that they be given more time to review a few things. If the case continues to move at this pace, rest assured that within a month, the case would have been dispensed with.”

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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.

Standing trial in the case are Rahmon Adedoyin, the owner of the hotel, and six of his staff.