Dr Rahman Adedoyin, Chairman of Hilton Hotels and Resorts, where a Masters student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, went missing and later found dead after lodging has been charged to put a bounty on his runaway son’s head.
The Executive Director of Grassroots Watch In Yoruba land, Adeola Soetan gave the charge while reacting to the recent statement by Adedoyin’s family that the owner of the hotel is not a ritualist.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that Adedoyin’s family, through their lawyer, Abiodun Williams had issued a statement at the weekend, saying “And for the avoidance of any doubt, Chief Adedoyin is not only an educationist and hotelier but also an established businessman with investments in different other sectors of the economy.
“So, he does not involve in the day-to-day running of the hotel and indeed his other business establishments as such roles are left in the hands of hundreds of his employees.
“We, therefore, wish to say, once again, that Chief Adedoyin and members of his family are not ritualists and will never condescend to such devilish act.”
It, however, failed to comment on the part played by Adedoyin’s son, Raheem, who was accused of dumping Timothy Adegoke’s body in a nearby bush.
This publication recalls that the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, has disclosed that Adedoyin’s son, Roheem, who is now at large had arranged how the Adegoke’s corpse was evacuated, taken to the bush and buried without informing the police.
Reacting to the statement, Soetan said it is the duty of Adedoyin to declare his son missing, if the police have failed to declared him wanted for suspected murder.
Soetan made this known in a statement titled, “Adedoyin: Declare Your Son Wanted or Missing,” while describing the statement as “meaningless, distracting and self-serving.”
The statement by Soetan said, “When a child is accused of evil and he escapes from investigation and justice, and from home, the first thing a good family does is to locate and present the accused child to hear his /her side of the story.
“I ask, what type of a family will have its son on the run on a murder case that took place on its property, and his father, benefactor and family head is in police detention because of the crime claiming innocence, and such a son won’t come out of his hiding to clear his father and himself of any knowledge or guilt of the crime?
“The crime which he, as the son, has been alleged by his staff to be the lead resident undertaker of Timothy’s corpse.
“I ask again, what kind of a son would just disappear from justice, damn the consequences to his own father who has been languishing in cell, to his family name, his own name and the bereaved family of Timothy?
“Such a son must be a very hardened heart, uncultured, a criminal or a potential one who doesn’t care to bring his family name into disrepute, if indeed, his father knew nothing about the crime.
“To the Adedoyins, your runaway, untrained hardened son has brought unmitigated shame and ridicule unto you. By his ESCAPE from murder crime investigation and Justice, he has declared himself WANTED, even if the police, for whatever reason, find it difficult to declare him wanted. It’s incumbent on you, particularly, the father, to publicly declare your son wanted and place a price on him.
“No one has indicted Chief Adedoyin, a prominent son of Ife and rich businessman, more than his fleecing son, who’s the MD of his father’s Hilton hotel, turned crime scene of the murder or peaceful death of Timothy.
“Why did your son run away from justice and why have you not declared your son missing or wanted? The more your son remains on the run, the more he puts his father and the entire family’s name to shame.
“Justice for Timothy Now and Justice for All.”