Gbade, elder brother to the late Masters’ student of Obafemi
Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke, on Monday said he saw blood stains on the
wall of the room where his brother lodged at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife when
he and some operatives inspected the room.
Gbade, the third prosecution witness, while being led in
evidence by the prosecution counsel, M. Omosun, also said he observed during
the visit that the door to the room was damaged and repaired.
But while being cross examined by Mr K. Eleja, SAN, counsel
for the hotel’s owner, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, he admitted not writing that there
were blood stains on the wall and that the door to the room was damaged in the
two statements he wrote before the police, which were earlier admitted as
evidence by the court.
Gbade also told the court he was approached by one Idmund on
the telephone phone to accept N50 million, while wife of the deceased, he said
was offered N70 million to settle the matter.
He however said Adedoyin did not personally offer him money.
He also said the receptionist on duty the day late Adegoke
lodged in the hotel, Adesola Adedeji, told Investigative Police Officer in
charge of the case that the hotel’s lodgers’ register had been doctored.
Giving her testimony before the court, wife of the deceased,
Bolatito, who could not control her emotion and broke down in tears, said the
last meal eaten by her husband was the one he ate in the evening of Friday,
November 4.
She also insisted that her husband was not sick, and while
being cross examined by one of the defence counsel, Kunle Adegoke, SAN, on why
she was making frequent calls to her husband, Bolatito said calls to her
husband on the day the incident happened were not unusually persistent.
Also testifying before the court, Adetola Adewoyin, a
relation to the late Adegoke, also said she was contacted by the deceased’s
wife to assist her in checking the campus where her husband was supposed to sit
for examination when she could not reach him on the telephone.
Earlier, Justice Adepele Ojo, in her ruling on the bail
applications of all the seven defendants namely; Adedoyin, Adedeji Adesola,
Magdalene Chiefuna, Adeniyi Aderogba, Oluwale Lawrence, Oyetunde Kazeem and
Adebayo Kunle, dismissed the applications.
Ojo said the health reasons that the applications were
based, could not be relied on as the defendants’ health could not be said to be
threatened with their detention.
Justice Ojo, after listening to the testimonies of the three
prosecution witnesses in the proceedings which lasted about six hours,
adjourned the matter till Tuesday for continuation of hearing.
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