Breaking: Falana Asks IGP to Move Trial of Suspected Killers of Murdered OAU Postgraduate Student
- Femi Falana has written to the Inspector general of Police, Alkali Baba, asking that the case file on the murder of Timothy Adegoke be transferred to Osun
- Falana in a letter to the police boss explained that the crime of the suspects arraigned before the High Court of the FCT was committed in Ile Ife
- Adegoke, a postgraduate student of OAU who was declared missing back in 2021, after lodging in Hiltons Hotel in Osun state was found dead
Femi Falana has demanded that the trial of all suspects arrested in connection with the death of Timothy Adegoke, the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) postgraduate student who was killed at the Hiltons Hotel, be held in Osun state.
According to Sahara Reporters, the lawyer representing the family of the slain master’s student made the demand in a letter to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba.
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Falana opposed the location where the police have decided to try Dr Rahman Adedoyin, the owner of Hiltons Hotel and others, saying none of the elements of the offence to be tried by the court took place in Abuja, the Independent added.
The police are charging the owner of the hotel along with Adedeji Adesola, Magdalene Chiefuna, Adeniyi Aderogba, Oluwale Lawrence, Oyetunde Kazeem, and Adebayo Kunle.
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Late OAU postgraduate student, Adegoke’s autopsy report out
Legit.ng previously reported that the report on the autopsy conducted on the body of Adegoke has been submitted to the Nigeria Police headquarters in Abuja.
Security sources who pleaded anonymity disclosed that a copy of the autopsy report was also made available to the Osun state police command for proper record keeping.
The report was said to have been submitted on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, after a medical team who conducted the autopsy had certified that the exercise was thoroughly carried out.
Hilton hotel owner's son involved in killing of OAU student
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force on Monday, November 22, 2021, released details on the killing of Adegoke at the Hiltons Hotel in Osun state.
The police also revealed how Roheem Adedoyin, the son of the owner of the hotel supervised the evacuation of the body of the master's degree student.
The Osun state police commissioner, Wale Olokode, said one of the suspects held in connection with the death of Timothy confessed the involvement of Roheem in the incident.
Source: Legit.ng
