Dr. Raheem Adedoyin has been given a death by hanging sentence by the Osun State High Court in Osogbo for the murder of Timothy Adegoke.
In his ruling on the case on Tuesday, Justice Adepele Ojo, the chief judge of Osun State, also sentenced to death Adeniyi Aderogba and Kazeem Oyetunde, two employees of the Hilton Hotels in Ile-Ife.
According to bendelnews, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife graduate student Timothy Adegoke passed away in November 2021 at the Hilton Hotels in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Magdalene Chiefuna, Lawrence Oluwole, and Adedeji Adesola, three Hilton Hotels employees in Ile-Ife, were released and found not guilty by the court, while the seventh defendant's hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Due to pleas made by both the prosecution and defence attorneys, the court disclosed the cause.
Prior to the judgement, Bendelnews had previously reported that security had been stepped up at the Osun State High Court's offices.
Along with other hotel employees Magdalene Chiefuna, Adeniyi Aderogba, Oluwole Lawrence, Oyetunde Kazeem Adebayo Kunle, and Adedeji Adesola, Adedoyin, the chairman of Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife, was charged.
The defendants were accused of 18 counts, including conspiracy, murder, and breaking an oath of silence.