What Happened to Timothy Adegoke? Who was Timothy Adegoke? Timothy Adedoy Latest News
by Kowsalya | Updated May 31, 2023
What Happened to Timothy Adegoke?
The owner of the Hilton Hotel in Ife, Rahman Adedoyin, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Osun State High Court in Osogbo. This is in relation to the murder of a postgraduate student, Timothy Adegoke, from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
During the ruling on Tuesday, Chief Judge Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo found Adedoyin guilty of conspiracy and murder charges. However, three other staff members were discharged and acquitted of the charges. The seventh defendant will receive her sentence on Wednesday, following requests from both the prosecution and defense counsels.
Rahman Adedoyin, along with six workers, faced an 18-count charge that included murder, conspiracy, and oath of secrecy, among others. In her judgment on Tuesday, the Chief Judge discharged three defendants, namely Magdalene Chiefuna, Lawrence Oluwole, and Adedeji Adesola, from the charges of conspiracy to murder and murder.
Who was Timothy Adegoke?
In November 2021, a postgraduate student named Adegoke from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife died under mysterious circumstances inside his hotel room at Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife. The state has considered his death to be a murder case, leading to the arrest and arraignment of six workers of the hotel, as well as its Chairman, Dr. Raheem Adedoyin, who holds the title of Maye of Ile-Ife.
The six workers involved are Magdalene Chiefuna, Adeniyi Aderogba, Oluwole Lawrence, Oyetunde Kazeem, Adebayo Kunle, and Adedeji Adesola. They have been charged with 18 counts, including conspiracy, murder, felony, indecent interference of the corpse, alteration and cancellation of receipt, and oath-taking to prevent justice.
Within the premises of the Osun State High Court, heavily armed policemen have been stationed, screening individuals entering the courtroom and taking strategic positions.
Timothy Adedoy Latest News
A recently surfaced video shows hotelier Rahmon Adedoyin in court during his sentencing after being found guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a Master's student at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
Justice Ojo, on Tuesday, handed down a death sentence to Rahmon and his hotel manager, Adeniyi Aderogba. The judge stated that the circumstantial evidence presented against the hotelier indicated his involvement, along with certain staff members from his hotel, in the death of Adegoke.
Adedoyin and six of his employees, namely Magdalene Chiefuna, Adeniyi Aderogba, Oluwole Lawrence, Oyetunde, Adebayo Kunle, and Adedeji Adesola, were charged with 18 counts, including conspiracy, murder, felony, indecent interference of the corpse, alteration, cancellation of receipt, and oath-taking to prevent justice.
During the judgment, Chief Judge Justice Oyebola Ojo acquitted and discharged three of the staff members, namely Chiefuna, Oluwole, and Adebayo.
Timothy Adegoke Biography
Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, was allegedly murdered at Hilton Hotels and Resorts. Bola Adegoke, the widow of Timothy Adegoke, expressed that her late husband had plans to relocate their family abroad due to the increasing insecurity in Nigeria.
Bola revealed that Timothy's tragic death prevented him from fulfilling his aspirations. She shared, "He had intended to relocate me, our children, and his parents abroad, while he remained in the country. He had even stopped his parents from going to the farm, using the proceeds to support his education."
The mother of three children suggested that Rahmon Adedoyin, the owner of the hotel where Timothy was killed and the prime suspect in the murder, might have been transferred to the police headquarters in Abuja due to receiving preferential treatment while in the custody of the Osun State Police Command.
What happened to Timothy Adegoke - FAQs
The owner of the Hilton Hotel in Ife, Rahman Adedoyin, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Osun State High Court in Osogbo. This is in relation to the murder of a postgraduate student, Timothy Adegoke, from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
In November 2021, a postgraduate student named Adegoke from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife died under mysterious circumstances inside his hotel room at Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife.
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is the name of the university.