A High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced 32-year-old gospel singer, Oluwatimileyin “Timileyin” Ajayi, to death by hanging for the brutal murder of his alleged girlfriend, 24-year-old Salome Adaidu, a corps member serving in the Federal Capital Territory.
In his verdict on Wednesday, Justice Simon Aboki held that the prosecution had proven beyond reasonable doubt that Ajayi willfully killed and dismembered the young woman, in violation of Section 221 of the Penal Code.
“The evidence presented, including the defendant’s confession and forensic findings, leaves no doubt that the act was intentional, gruesome, and deserving of the full weight of the law,” the judge said.
“I didn’t plan to kill her,” Ajayi had told investigators. “I saw some of her chats with other guys, and I got angry.”
