By our Reporter
The Nigerian police have filed charges against the proprietor of Hilton Hotel, Rahmon Adedoyin, and six others over the death of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Charged alongside with Mr Adedoyin in the case filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are: Adedeji Adesola, 23; Magdalene Chiefuna, 24; Adeniyi Aderogba, 37; Oluwale Lawrence, 37; Oyetunde Kazeem, 38; Adebayo Kunle, 35; and others still at large.
Those the police said are still at large are: Raheem Adedoyin, Esther Asigoh and Quadiri Moshood.
Controversy had trailed Mr Adegoke’s death after he lodged at Hilton Hotel and Resort in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
He was in the ancient city to sit an examination at the OAU Distance Learning Centre, Moro campus, when he was declared missing on November 7, 2021.
Last year, the deceased,Timothy Adegoke’s body was discovered after some suspects, including workers at the hotel, were arrested by the police for questioning.
Mr Adedoyin’s son, Raheem, and two others remain at large, the police said.
According to the case file, Mr Adedoyin faces a charge of attempted felony, conspiracy, unlawful interference with Adegoke’s corpse, and tampering with the hotel’s receipt and CCTV camera with the intent to destroy evidence that would prove that Mr Adegoke visited the hotel.
However, the police excluded Mr Adedoyin from the murder charge, which others standing trial with him are facing.
Findings revealed that arrangements had been concluded by the Adegoke extended family to lay the Abuja-based accountant to rest with a burial flyer circulating the social media which indicated that the deceased will be laid to rest in Eruwa.