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  • Hotelier allegedly rape corps member serving in his hotel

    Hotelier allegedly rape corps member serving in his hotel

    An hotel manager, who allegedly raped a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Osogbo, will appear in court on Tuesday.

    SP Yemisi Opalola, the Police Spokesperson, Osun Command, Nigeria Police, made this known to NAN in a telephone interview.

    Opalola said that police had concluded investigation on the matter.

    “The State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), investigating the matter, has completed its investigation and would, any moment from tomorrow (Tuesday), charge the suspect to court,” she said.

    Opalola said that the management of NYSC in Osun was following up on the case and providing the needed support.

    “They are interested party in the matter, being guardians and parents in charge of the wellbeing of corps members in the state,” she said.

    The manager of an hotel, located around GRA Area in Osogbo, was arrested by the police for allegedly raping a female corps member serving at his hotel.

    The incident was reported to have occurred at about 8:30 p.m on March 25, when the victim was on duty.

    The matter was reported at the Police Station, Dugbe in Osogbo, by other corps members serving in the hotel.

    The victim had explained to her colleagues that, while she was on duty, the manager ordered her to bring a bottle of beer to his hotel room, which she did.

    She further said the manager engaged her in a conversation about her plan after the service year, adding from that point, the manager started touching and rough handling her.

    The victim said she fought and resisted the manager’s move, but was overpowered and had his way.

  • OAU MBA Student: Ramon Adedoyin, other suspects arrive Osogbo for trial today

    OAU MBA Student: Ramon Adedoyin, other suspects arrive Osogbo for trial today

    Hotel owner Ramon Adedoyin and six other suspects fingered in the death of MBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Timothy Adegoke have all arrived Osogbo, Osun State, to face trial on Thursday

    Counsel to Adegoke’s family, Femi Falana, demanded that the matter be transferred to Osun after the suspects had been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja.

    The hotelier, Adedoyin, was alleged to have unlawfully interfered with the body while Adedeji Adesola, Magdalena Chiefuna, Adeniyi Aderogba, Oluwale Lawrence, Oyetunde Kazeem and Adebayo Kunle were arraigned on seven-count charge of conspiracy, attempted murder, and murder, among others.

    Meanwhile, a top security source who spoke on condition of anonymity told pressmen that everyone standing trial on the case have all arrived Osun state.

    “Chief Ramon Adedoyin and other suspects have arrived in Osun ahead of the commencement of their trial on Thursday. They arrived in the state on Wednesday evening.” He said

    Police spokesman, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed that the trial will begin today.

    Read Also: Adegoke family hires Femi Falana to take over case

    The family of Timothy Adegoke, the MBA student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who was murdered at Hilton Hotel and Resorts on November 6, 2021, has hired human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) as the family lawyer.

    This was contained in a letter dated February 3, signed by Moses Adegoke, the father of the deceased; Olugbade Adegoke, the brother of the deceased; and Bolatito Victoria Adegoke, the wife to the deceased
    According to the letter, the family said they are hiring Falana due to their confidence in his expertise and professionalism with the hope of getting justice.
    It reads, “We the family of Moses Adegoke have decided to appoint you as our family lawyer, demand for our late son Adegoke, Timothy Oluwadamilare who was murdered at Hilton Honour Hotel and Resorts, Ile Ife.
    “We have full confidence in your expertise and professionalism and hope to get justice on the case. Thank you for your great concern and sympathy.”
    Falana & Falana Chambers, in a statement sent to SaharaReporters, accepted the family’s invitation, saying, “We have accepted the instructions of the bereaved Adegoke Family.
    “We shall handle the case pro bono publico and ensure that justice is done.”
    Adegoke had lodged at the hotel when he came to take his examination in OAU late last year before he was allegedly murdered by the owner and staff members of the facility
  • Police arrest another hotelier in Osun

    Police arrest another hotelier in Osun

    The police in Osun have arrested the General Manager of Western Sun Hotels, Ede, Mr Samuel Owolawi, over alleged attempted land grabbing, assault and malicious damage to property.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Owolawi was taken into custody in Ede on Saturday after he allegedly led hoodlums and armed soldiers to demolish an ongoing building construction and chased away workers on a site behind the hotel.

    The builder on site, Mutiu Tijani, said in a statement to the police that Owolawi’s gang also demolished the building on the orders of Kamal Ishola Yusuf, a serving Major General in Nigerian Army and Chairman of Western Sun Hotels.

    According to him, the gang also beat up the workers and threatened the men never to return to the site, claiming that the General recently bought over the property from Ede North Local Government.

    “While bricklayers were working on site, to my surprise, General Manager of Western Sun Hotels, Samuel Owolawi, asked the workers to leave the site on the order of Gen. Yusuf.

    “In fact, they demolished all works we have done and wasted the materials – bricks, sand, cement, we had to run for our dear lives,” the builder said in his statement at Oke Iresi Police Division, Ede.

    NAN learnt that the police have also invited the incumbent chairman of Ede North local Government, Mr Adeyemi Elliot, for questioning to explain his role in “assisting” the General in the land scandal.

    When contacted about the incident, Osun Police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola confirmed that a report of malicious damage was reported at Police Division Ede.

    Opalola said the matter was a land ownership tussle and and appealed to the parties involved to maintain peace while the police carry out further investigation into the matter.

    Meanwhile, Mr Adeyemi Giwa, counsel to the owner of the property, Prince Akinwale Ojetimi, has vowed to press further charges against the serving General, his agents and some council officials over their roles in the brazen illegality.

    “All those involved in this brazen illegality will face full weight of the law and pay dearly for it.

    “It is inconceivable for anyone, no matter how highly placed, to surreptitiously want to wrestle our client’s property from him.

    “The era of impunity is long over,” the lawyer said.

    According to him, the land in question is a local government scheme which was legitimately allocated by the council to Ojetimi since 2004.

    He said that the evolving odious developments, allegedly coming from the council, “is an unimaginable travesty and monumental fraud which must be promptly halted.”

    Giwa had in a December 7, 2021 petition, asked the council to warn General Yusuf, Western Hotels and his agents against trespassing on the property.