From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
Another revelation emerged during the trial of hotelier, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin, and six staff of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, where a Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Timothy Adegoke, lodged and allegedly died on November 5, 2021, before his body was dumped inside the bush.
At the resumed trial, yesterday, a receptionist and one of the defendants, Magdalene Chiefuna, revealed that two receptionists, Esther Azigor, Quadri Moshood, and the Managing Director of the hotel, who doubles as the son of the owner, Raheem Adedoyin, have run away.
Chiefuna, who had earlier told the court that Esther was the second person to see the deceased in the room, disclosed that she was the receptionist who was supposed to take over duty from her on November 7, when late Adegoke was found dead.
Led in evidence by Kunle Adegoke, SAN, she informed the court that she went to the house of the Chairman, Adedoyin, with Esther on November 11, where they were told not to disclose that the late Adegoke lodged in the hotel.
When asked if the three suspects were interrogated by the police, Chiefuna said they were not interrogated. She said that she took the receptionist job to support her education, insisting that she did not conspire with anybody to kill Adegoke as alleged by the police.
Also, the fourth defendant, Oluwole Lawrence, who claimed to be a security supervisor, said he went to the hotel on November 6, where she met Adesola Adedeji, the seventh defendant, and checked her record to know the number of rooms she sold.
“I met Adedeji on November 6 and she told me she sold 16 rooms. I asked for the ledger book and I confirmed that 16 rooms were sold and documented. I signed and left the hotel. I was only assigned to check the vacant rooms and confirm the rooms sold. I did not conspire to kill anybody,” he stated.
