Owner of Hilton Hotels Ife, in Osun State, Ramon Adedoyin was brought to an Osogbo High Court on Thursday in the first appearance over the death of a student of Obafemi Awolowo University Timothy Adegoke.
Adedoyin was brought to the court in company with six other suspects.
Most of them are staff of his hotel where it was alleged that Timothy died.
His remains had been buried in a shallow grave in a forest not far away from the hotel.
There was drama as stern looking policemen arrested three men who were believed to have some alleged incriminating substances with them when they tried to force their way into the court premises on Thursday.
The police, in anticipation of a huge crowd, had mounted a heavy security around the court premises which is not far away from the Government House in the state capital.
The suspects had earlier been transferred to Abuja on the orders of the Inspector General Of Police.
However, human rights lawyer Femi Falana, upon taking over the case on behalf of the family, had requested the police boss to return the case to Osun which he said has jurisdiction over the matter.
Lawyer to the family at the beginning of the case, Naim Adekilekun had written to the police boss that it was illegal and illogical for the matter to be prosecuted in Abuja.
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