Femi Falana (SAN), the lawyer representing the family of the killed master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, has demanded that the trial of all suspects arrested in connection with the student’s death at Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, be held in Osun State.
Femi Falana (SAN), the lawyer representing the family of the killed master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, has demanded that the trial of all suspects arrested in connection with the student’s death at Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, be held in Osun State.
He later went missing and was found dead buried in a grave following police investigation of the hotel owner, Dr Rahman Adedoyin and its workers.
After Adegoke was declared missing, the police were invited and seven suspects were arrested after which investigation commenced.
Later, the Intelligence Response Team, Abuja, took over the investigation and the case was transferred to the Federal Capital Territory.
Upon the conclusion of investigation, the police charged the accused persons to a high court in Abuja.
The police are charging the owner of the hotel with illegally disposing of Adegoke’s body, altering and cancelling his payment receipt, and removal of the hotel’s CCTV cameras with intent to destroy evidence.
Others charged alongside Adedoyin are Adedeji Adesola, 23; Magdalene Chiefuna, 24; Adeniyi Aderogba, 37; Oluwale Lawrence, 37, Oyetunde Kazeem, 38; Adebayo Kunle, 35, and some who have taken to their heels.
But Falana in a letter written on behalf of the family to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba opposed the location where the police have decided to try Adedoyin and others.
The lawyer said the demand was made since none of the elements of the offence to be tried by the FCT High Court took place in the Abuja.
The letter read, “We are Solicitors to the aged parents of the Late Timothy Adegoke (hereinafter referred to as “our clients”) on whose behalf we write this letter. Our clients’ instructions are briefly summarised and stated as follows:
“The son of our clients, Timothy Adegoke, was a 37-year-old Master of Business Administration student at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. Timothy had lodged at the Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile Ife on November 6, 2021 while preparing for his examinations in the University. He was abducted in his room later in the night and taken to the bush where he was brutally killed by a group of suspected assassins.
God will surely fight for the Adedoyin family. I sincerely pity he’s family, what a cruel people in this wicked world. Now that the parents were supposed to be enjoying there long term investment on the man, someone just deemed it fit to cut his life short. I just hope he gets justice. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.
God will surely fight for the Adedoyin family. I sincerely pity he’s family, what a cruel people in this wicked world. Now that the parents were supposed to be enjoying there long term investment on the man, someone just deemed it fit to cut his life short. I just hope he gets justice. May his soul rest in peace. Amen