Osun Police arrest Hilton Hotel owner, Ramon Adedoyin, over OAU master’s student death

Osun Police arrest Hilton Hotel owner, Ramon Adedoyin, over OAU master’s student death

Osun State Police Command on Wednesday said a popular hotel owner in Ile-Ife, Ramon Adedoyin, has been arrested in connection with the death of one Timothy Adegoke.

Adegoke, until his death, was a masters student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, and was said to have come to town to take an examination at the OAU Distance Learning Centre Moro Campus of the university, when he was declared missing.

The spokesperson for Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, earlier said that a case of a missing person was reported on 7th November, at Edun Abon Police Station, adding that the matter was later transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department for investigation on 9th November 2021.

Opalola also said after the matter was received at the SCID, detectives swung into action and arrested 6 suspects in connection with the matter.

But Opalola in another statement further explained in addition to the previous arrest, “the chairman of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adegoke Atobatele Adedoyin was also arrested on 15th November, 2021.

“He is currently in police detention, undergoing interrogation in connection with the case, while awaiting the autopsy report from the hospital.”

Details later…