Ramon Adedoyin sentenced to death by hanging by High Court 

Ramon Adedoyin, the founder of Oduduwa University, has been found guilty of the murder case of Timothy Adegoke by the Osun State High Court. 

The ruling was passed by Judge Adepele Ojo, who sentenced Adedoyin, owner of the Hilton hotel, to death by hanging on Tuesday, May 30th.

Adegoke, a postgraduate student from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), was murdered between November 5 and 7, 2021, at the Hilton Honours Hotel in Ile-Ife.

Judge Adepele Ojo, delivering her judgement on the case, held that the circumstantial evidence available to the court pointed to the killing of Adegoke while he was a guest at the hotel owned by Adedoyin.

She stated that Adedoyin’s decision not to enter the witness box did not help him, as the circumstantial evidence had shifted the burden of proof on him.

Justice Ojo also added that Adedoyin’s refusal to testify meant he agreed to the murder charge brought against him by the prosecution, dismissing the alibi pleaded on his behalf by his counsel, who stated that the hotel owner was in Abuja for several days around the time of the late Adegoke’s death.