OAU student death: Hilton Hotel owner Adedoyin sentenced to death

Just in: Hilton Hotel owner Adedoyin sentenced to death by hanging 

Dr Rahman Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Osun State, has been sentenced to death by hanging.

He was found guilty for the murder of Timothy Adegoke, an OAU postgraduate student, allegedly killed in the hotel.

Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo, handed down the verdict on Tuesday, declaring Adedoyin and two of his workers guilty.

The judge said it was based on the circumstances of the case established by the prosecuting counsel, Femi Falana, SAN.

The court found Adedoyin culpable of conspiracy to commit murder, and unlawful killing of the deceased.