[BREAKING]Adegoke`s murder: Court remands Hilton hotel owner Adedoyin, others

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The owner of the Hilton Royal Hotel in Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, and six others arrested in connection with the death of Timothy Adegoke, a Master’s degree student at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have been remanded in a correctional facility by an Osun State High Court on Thursday.

Adedoyin, as well as Adedeji Adesola, Magdalene Chiefuna, Adeniyi Aderogba, Oluwale Lawrence, Oyetunde Kazeem, and Adebayo Kunle, had appeared in court on 11 counts of murder, indecent interference with a dead body, extrajudicial oath administration, and evidence alteration.

All of the defendants entered not guilty pleas, and their attorneys, Mr. Kunle Adegoke, SAN, and K. Eleja, SAN, filed bail applications for the first through sixth defendants.

Adegoke however informed the court that a formal application for bail could not be filed for the seventh defendant because she was added less than 24 hours earlier to the list.

The prosecutor, M. Omosun, opposed the bail applications.

In her ruling, Justice Adepele Ojo, adjourned till Friday for the defence to file and move formal bail application for the seventh defendant.

She subsequently remanded all the defendants in Ilesa correctional facility.