Kayode Ajulo, the lawyer to the family of the late Timothy
Adegoke has expressed dissatisfaction that the Osun State Police Command was
yet to declare the son of the owner of Hiltons Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife,
Raheem Adedoyin, wanted for complicity in the murder of his client.
Ajulo said it was befuddling that Raheem, who is the
Managing Director of the hotel, has not been declared wanted after the Osun
State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, said one of the suspects held in
connection with the death of Adegoke, confessed that Raheem arranged how the
corpse was evacuated and taken to the bush.
The Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
died in controversial circumstances in the hotel and was buried in a shallow
grave without the knowledge of his family or the police.
An autopsy to determine the cause of the death of Adegoke
has been conducted and the report is expected to be out in some weeks.
In a statement on Thursday, Ajulo also wondered why the
owner of the hotel, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, was still detained by the police and yet
to be charged to court.
The statement titled, ‘OAU-MBA Student’s Death: While
Justice Sleeps!’
It read in part, “Of more interest is the intriguing
statement made by the Osun State Commissioner of Police, wherein Dr. Rahman
Adedoyin’s son, Raheem Adedoyin was identified as the one who dumped the corpse
of the Late Timothy Adegoke in the bush.
“While we welcome this development with keen interest, one
would readily expect the Nigerian Police to immediately declare the said Raheem
Adedoyin wanted for this ignominious, monstrous and gruesome acts, but what
still befuddles the minds of those who care to know is that up till the time of
this piece, the Nigerian Police, particularly the Osun State Police Command has
failed to do so; for reasons best known to them.
“While one wonders whether the labelling of Raheem Adedoyin
as a prime suspect is a game plan to unclamp Dr. Rahman Adedoyin, a panoptic
appraisal of the whole saga will reveal nothing more than an attempt by some
dark sections to allow glittering externalities to subvert the core of genuine
probing and discreet investigations in the guise to pervert the cause of
justice which we shall definitely refute.
“Now that the Police know so much, it is time to start
asking more questions: Why has Raheem Adedoyin not been declared wanted and an
intelligence team churned out to arrest him?
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“Why would the hoteliers break into the Late Timothy
Adegoke’s room on the first night when he actually paid for two nights at the
hotel?
“Why have not the suspects been charged before a Court of
Competent record as prescribed by the Constitution?
“Without doubt, it must be clear to those who still have
eyes to see and a conscience which is alive, that the credibility of the
Nigerian Police Force at such a crucial time like this depends in large measure
on their handling of this present case where some persons have declared
themselves as the untouchables!
“While we seek justice for the dead and respite for the
deceased’s family, we take the liberty maintain that Osun State Government owes
our client and it’s people some explanations, as we also ask the Osun State
Government: what are the requisites of issuance of hospitality license to some
business concerns in the first place; perhaps several mishaps and misfortunes
would have been aborted!
“As event unfolds, we are resolute on ensuring that justice
is done and anyone found wanting will face the wrath of the law within the
limits permissible by the law!”
Efforts to reach the spokesperson for the Osun State Police
Command, Yemisi Opalola, proved abortive as her line rang out and a text
message sent to her phone has not been replied to as of press time.
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