The Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Oyebola Ojo, has sentenced Hilton Hotel’s receptionist, Adesola Adedeji, to two years in prison for altering records with regards to the death of postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke.
Hilton Hotel is owned by Businessman, Dr. Rahmon Adedoyin, who was convicted, alongside two of his employees, for the murder of Adegoke and sentenced to the gallows by Justice Ojo, Wednesday.
The court had reserved sentencing of Adedeji for yesterday after she was found guilty of document alteration to conceal the murder. Her lawyer had prayed the court for leniency in handing her punishment on grounds that she played an instrumental role towards the unravelling of the case.
At the resumed proceeding yesterday, Justice Ojo sentenced Adedeji to two years in prison, adding that the punishment would count from the day of her arrest in 2021.
“I have carefully considered the passionate plea of counsel to seventh defendant in this circumstances and also carefully considered the submission of the prosecution on the need to temper justice with mercy in respect of the seventh defendant in this case. “I have observed and considered the sober demeanour of the seventh defendant in the court throughout the trial. I am equally mindful the circumstances surrounding the case of the defendant in this case and I am not unmindful of the provision of section 411 (2) (b)(3) of the law on this case.
“I hereby sentence you, Adedeji Adesola to two years imprisonment starting from the day of first arrest.”
