A request to discontinue all proceedings for “further investigation” into the murder of Timothy Adegoke has been filed by the Nigeria Police Force.
The police withdrew the case against the owner of Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife, Rahmon Adedoyin; and six others charged with the murder of Adegoke, who died at the hotel on November 6, 2021
Adegoke, a Masters student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, died in controversial circumstances where he lodged at the hotel to sit for an examination.
He was subsequently buried by the hotel management in a shallow grave without the knowledge of his family or the police.
The police had arrested and moved Adedoyin, the owner of Hilton Hotel, and the six others from Osun State to Abuja for investigation and prosecution.
Others charged with the educationist are Adedeji Adesola, 23; Magdalene Chiefuna, 24; Adeniyi Aderogba, 37; Oluwale Lawrence, 37; Oyetunde Kazeem, 38; Adebayo Kunle, 35, and others still at large.
According to the case summary and proof of evidence earlier filed by the police, Adedoyin is being charged 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.
In a ‘Notice of Discontinuation of Charge No.CR/015/2022 brought pursuant to Section 108 of Administration of Criminal Act 2015’, on February 7, 2022, the police told the court to discontinue the matter.
“Take notice that the complainant discontinue all of the proceedings in this case against the above named defendants for further investigation,” said Ochogwu Ogbeh of the Legal and Prosecution Section of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja.
Femi Falana (SAN), who is the lawyer to the family of the deceased requested in a letter dated February 4, 2022, asked the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to transfer the suspects from the Abuja court to a competent court in Osun State.
The Human Rights lawyer had argued that the criminal offences were said to have been committed at Ile-Ife and that the suspects ought to have been charged before a court of competent jurisdiction in Osun.
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