Prime Suspect in Murder of OAU Student, Adedoyin Suffers Setback as Court Denies Bail

A Federal High Court in Abuja has on Tuesday denied bail for Mr. Ramon Adedoyin the prime suspect in the murder of a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife, Timothy Adegoke Oludare.

Adedoyin had filed an ex-parte motion with a fundamental rights enforcement suit where he asked the court to admit him to bail pending the conclusion of investigation by the police or pending the determination of his fundamental rights suit.

Adedoyin also asked to be granted access to quality medical facilities of his choice pending the conclusion of police’s investigation and his possible arraignment.

In a supporting affidavit, Chief Segun Aworinde, who described himself as Adedoyin’s younger brother, said despite being informed that Adedoyin was hypertensive and diabetic, the police refused to release him or allow him access quality health facility since he was arrested on November 15.

Aworinde said he knows “Adedoyin as an established industrialist and educationist and also a business mogul that owns several higher institutions of learning among which is Oduduwa University, Ile-Ife. He is around 65 years of age with business interests spread over the country.

He added that Adedoyin was “arrested on the 15th day of November, 2021 by the respondent (IGP) and has since then been in detention in connection with some allegations bordering on the mysterious death and dumping of the corpse of one Timothy Adegoke who was said to have lodged in the Applicant’s hotel, Hilton Hotels and Resorts, situate, lying and being at Ile-Ife, Osun State.

“By virtue of my relationship to the applicant as aforementioned, I know as a fact that the applicant is a hypertension and diabetes patient for over 15 years and has been on specialised drugs and treatments including but not limited to traditional herbs but to which he has not been able to have access since his incarceration by the respondent,” he said.

“On the 24’th day of November, 2021, I returned to the Police Headquarters in Osogbo again and I got to know, as a matter of fact, that the applicant