Appeal Court upholds Adedoyin’s death sentence over student’s murder The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, has upheld the death sentence of industrialist Rahmon Adedoyin for his role in the murder of Timothy Adegoke, an MBA student at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). The appellate court affirmed the conviction and sentence handed down by the High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, ruling that they were lawful. Adedoyin, dissatisfied with the original judgment, had appealed the ruling, but the Court of Appeal has now confirmed the sentence, maintaining the death penalty. Background In November 2021,...