Appeal Court Rules On Ramon Adedoyin Death Sentence Over Murder of OAU Student

The Appeal Court has ruled on Ramon Adedoyin death sentence over the murder of OAU student.

Newsone Nigeria reports that the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, southwest Nigeria, has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

The Appeal Court in a judgment delivered on Thursday morning, January 23, 2025, held that the judgment of the Osun State High Court which sentenced Ramon Adedoyin to death still stands.

This online news platform understands that the appeal court had reserved the judgment on October 29, 2024.

The judgment read in parts, “The judgment of the High Court of Osun State stands. Adedoyin’s appeal is dismissed in part. The Court of Appeal held that Adedoyin was properly convicted and sentenced to death.”

It further noted that the “Order of forfeiture of Hilton Hotel quashed and set aside. Order of education scholarship to children of Timothy Adegoke by Adedoyin and others quashed and set aside.”

Meanwhile, Newsone recalls that the OAU student Timothy Adegoke was found dead in November 2021 at the Hilton Honours Hotel in Ile-Ife, where he (the deceased) had lodged. Ramon Adedoyin is the owner of Hilton Honours Hotel.