A respondent, who did not want to be quoted, said: “Could it be that the staff whose account was used to receive the money – amount of which we do not know – later killed him to be able to claim the money for himself and not for the company? But how could the amount, no matter how much, and I want to believe was not up to N1 million, be the reason to take a life? Who were the staff on duty at the time of lodge? Why did was he not given the usual form to collect lodger’s information and purpose in town and so on and so forth? These are questions investigators must ask and feed us back soon,” he said.
Owner of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Dr Abdulrahman Adedoyin has denied involvement in the killing of Obafemi Awolowo University’s postgraduate student, Mr Timothy Adegoke as being alleged and circulated in the Nigerian press.
Few days later, the Osun State Police Command released a statement disclosing that the 37-year old student was found dead without explaining the circumstances surrounding his death and how he was found. Nonetheless, the foremost security agency arrested six persons in connection to the suspected murder.
However, Adedoyin, the Maye of Ile-Ife and proprietor of Oduduwa University, Ile-Ife, in an audio recording that went viral on social media, denied any involvement in what was believed to be ritual killing of Adegoke, saying the only time he came to know about his lodging in the hotel was when the police came to arrest him.
He said there was no record that he was lodged in the hotel because the workers did not pay any money into the hotel’s account neither was the deceased.
“Mr Adegoke lodged in room 305 of Hilton Hotel and Resort. The workers that lodged him did not pay into the hotel account neither did record reflect that he paid into the hotel’s Wema bank account.
“I was aware of his story when police came to the hotel searching for him. His body was later discovered where he was dumped. It was found in the presence of police officials and his body was not mutilated. This indicated that they (staff) were not sent to kill him for ritual.
“I plead with Nigerians to allow police continue with their diligent investigation with a view to unraveling the mystery behind the killing.
“I started my career as an home lesson teacher in Ile-Ife and build my businesses and schools from within and God blessed me with wealth not ritual money,” Dr. Adedoyin said in the audio relayed by Vanguard on Saturday.
The DEFENDER, considering the revelation about how money paid by the deceased was paid into personal account of staff as against hotel’s WEMA Bank’s account, reports a new twist to the narrative.
A respondent, who did not want to be quoted, said: “Could it be that the staff whose account was used to receive the money – amount of which we do not know – later killed him to be able to claim the money for himself and not for the company? But how could the amount, no matter how much, and I want to believe was not up to N1 million, be the reason to take a life? Who were the staff on duty at the time of lodge? Why did was he not given the usual form to collect lodger’s information and purpose in town and so on and so forth? These are questions investigators must ask and feed us back soon,” he said.
