The police in Nigeria have written to the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) to assist in the arrest of Roheem Adedoyin, son of Ramon Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotels and Resort in Osun State.
Ramon is the prime suspect in the death of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State. Adegoke had lodged in the hotel while preparing for an exam before he was allegedly killed.
A senior police officer told PUNCH that the police would obtain a court order and declare the suspect wanted this week, adding that the Intelligence Response Team is working hard to tie all the loose ends in the case.
The source stated, “We have sent a letter to the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department to write to the Interpol. We are going to declare the boy wanted but we need a court order to declare him wanted.
“The court order would be obtained this week. The INTERPOL, Nigeria Immigration Service and other security agencies would start looking for him.”
A suspect in custody had reportedly confessed that Roheem, the hotel’s managing director, supervised the evacuation of Adegoke’s corpse from the facility and burial in a bush without informing the police.
The source further stated that the police secured a remand order to keep the suspects in custody pending investigation.
According to an autopsy conducted at the UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital complex, Osogbo on November 22, Adegoke died of trauma from a blunt instrument.
