The Investigative Police Officer, Inspector Afeez Olaniyan, has told court how suspects in the case connived to move an allegedly mu-rdered Timothy Adegoke, a Masters Degree student at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, from the hotel he lodged, to a bush.

Olaniyan who was led in evidence on Tuesday said a statement obtained from Adeniyi Aderogba and Oyetunde Kazeem, two Hilton Hotels personnel in Ile-Ife, unraveled that after the murder of Adegoke, his body was wrapped in a duvet and transported in a Hilux vehicle driven by the hotel owner’s son, Roheem Adedoyin, to where it was thrown away.

According to the Inspector who led the first investigation into the death of the deceased, on a visit to the hotel, he noticed that the DVR powering the facility’s CCTV cameras was disabled, and when he inquired about it, he was told that it was disabled owing to the hotel’s renovation.

“We were able to establish that late Timothy actually lodged at Hilton Hotel on November 5, 2021. The lifeless body of late Adegoke was discovered on Sunday 7th November, and the corpse was dumped on the refuse site.

“From the statement made by Adeniyi Aderogba and Oyetunde Kazeem, they told me that the corpse was wrapped with a carton and duvet which they put in a sealed bag and carried him at the back of Hilux vehicle driven by Roheem Adedoyin to the point where it was dumped.

“There was doctoring of the hotel documents which the original one was later discovered from Adesola’s phone. Circumstances that surrounded the death was highly suspicious and that was why the corpse was deposited for expert opinion to ascertain the cause of the death.

“I visited room 305 where the deceased was lodged. It was observed that the mattress inside the room was new compared to the ones in the other rooms. I asked why the new mattress. The response was that the hotel was initially known to be Hotel Di Ganga and the taking over necessitated the changes of some of the mattresses.

 “Also, I noticed something like blood pattern on the door. We decided to lock the room and went away with the key. On our next visit to the room, we went with an expert, the Crime Scene Manager, DSP Kilani, he confirmed that some of the patterns were mere paint and he took the one suspected to be blood for further examination” Olaniyan told court.

Justice Adepele Ojo  adjourned the matter till March 16, when the pathologist will testify with evidence in court.