Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has received the fiat of Osun State Government to take over the prosecution of Rahman Adedoyin and others standing trial for the alleged murder of Timothy Adegoke.

Adegoke, an MBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, was apparently killed last year after he lodged at the Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, owned by Dr. Adedoyin, also the proprietor of Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu.

The family of the deceased had requested the state government to allow the chamber of the Falana to take over the case.

The request has now been granted, the Attorney-General, Oluwafemi Akande, said in a statement on Saturday.

He said: “The alleged case of murder was first investigated by Osun State Police Command but was later taken over by the IGP Office in Abuja.

“After the investigation, the Police filed criminal charges against the suspects in Abuja. The case was later moved to Osogbo by the Nigeria Police. While the Police Prosecutors were prosecuting the case, the deceased family’s Counsel, Falana and Falana & Co, watched brief for the victim and witnessed the proceedings.

“On 1st April 2022, Femi Falana, SAN, applied to the Office of the Hon. Attorney General for fiat to take over the prosecution of the case. Thereafter, the deceased’s family wrote a letter to the Attorney General requesting for the Chambers of Femi FALANA SAN to be allowed to prosecute the matter. The learned silk letter and that of the family were immediately processed and the fiat requested has since been granted. The Office of Chief Femi FALANA SAN had already collected the letter conveying the fiat of the Attorney General to the learned silk.

“The position as at today, in law, is that the office of Chief Femi FALANA SAN is in full charge of the prosecution of the case.”