The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, has upheld judgment of sentenced to death by an Osun State High Court in Osogbo against the appeal filed by Ramon Adedoyin, who was alleged to be responsible for the death of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student at Obafemi Awolowo University, in his hotel, Hilton Hotels, in Ile-Ife.
Kindly recall that, Justice Adepele Ojo had sentenced Adedoyin and two staff members, Adeniyi Aderogba and Oyetunde Kazeem, to death by hanging over their alleged roles in the disposal of Adegoke’s body from the hotel premises.
Not pleased with the judgement, Ramon Adedoyin and his co-defendants approached the Appeal Court, seeking to overturn the High Court’s judgment.
In the Court of Appeal ruling, the three-man panel, led by Justice Olufemi Akeju, cited that, “It can be reasonably inferred from the circumstances of the case as stated earlier that the Appellant murdered Adegoke”
“No one deserves to be killed the way the deceased was murdered.”
“Order for forfeiture of the hotel where the event occurred is beyond the punishment stated in the law and is hereby quashed.”
“Order for payment of school fees of the children of the deceased is also quashed.”
“Sentence of death and imprisonment upheld against Ramon Adedoyin and two other staff members.”