One of the lawyers representing Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, the chairman of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has challenged an Ibadan-based blogger, Oriyomi Hamzat, who claimed to have seen the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage of how the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife Master’s degree student, Timothy Adegoke, was allegedly murdered in the hotel, to release the footage to the public to confirm his story.
The lawyer, Mr. Abiodun Williams, also called on the police to invite Hamzat to assist with their investigations, since he claimed to know much about the unfortunate death of Adegoke.
He said; “We don’t intend to join issues with Hamzat on his hatchet job and efforts to incite the public against Dr. Adedoyin over the unfortunate death of Adegoke.
“We think, however, that the police ought to involve him in their investigations since he claims to know so much about the incident.
“His recent claim that he saw the CCTV footage establishing murder is grievous and should not be taken lightly by the police. In fact, we challenge him to post the footage online so that the public can see the faces of the murderers as he has claimed.
“Adedoyin has been in police custody for about two months, denied of bail and even a chance to be attended to by his doctors.
“As his counsel, we believe in his innocence, as he was not even in Ile-Ife or has been in the hotel at least one month before the incident. We are, therefore, curious to see Mr. Hamzat’s CCTV footage showing our client entering Adegoke’s room with two others and, therefore, urge Hamzat to post the footage online if only to show that his previous allegations were not deliberate efforts to incite the public against Dr. Adedoyin.
“We believe an investigation of this nature should be carried out carefully with diligence by the police and not a meddlesome interloper; and this should not be an avenue to settle personal scores against an individual or play on the gullible public to increase Oriyomi’s social media followership.
“The need to unravel the cause of Adegoke’s death is of utmost importance at this point and the police should spare no efforts in ensuring that innocent people are not made to suffer as a result of social media bullying, injurious falsehood, criminal defamation and wicked propaganda.”
