The High court in Lafia, Nasarawa state, has sentenced Timileyin Ajayi, a gospel singer, to death by hanging for killing girlfriend, Salome Adaidu.
The Judge, Simon Aboki on Thursday, June 26 pronounced Ajayi, 32, guilty of culpable homicide after months of trial.
Ajayi has been convicted in line with Section 221 of the Penal Code of northern Nigeria.
“The evidence before the court clearly shows that the accused intentionally caused the death of the deceased. The law is clear on this, and the punishment is death. Therefore, the accused is hereby sentenced to death by hanging,” Justice Aboki ruled.
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Background
In January 2025 , Ajayi confessed to murdering Adaidu, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) after she allegedly cheated on him.
Speaking to local TV station, Ajayi expressed no regret and remorse for his actions citing alleged infidelity by his girlfriend, his reason for committing the heinous crime.
Ajayi, who was caught with the severed body parts of the deceased, has been remanded in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Nasarawa State Police Command in Lafia, the state capital.
“She was cheating. She hides most of the things from me most times. I got to know from her phone. I saw her chats with other guys on the phone, that was why I decided.
“I don’t have any regrets because life is reciprocal, that is what I thought. If you must do something to someone, you have to be reciprocal with that person. You have to understand what that person is going through so that you can actually put yourself in the position that the person is going through. That is why I don’t have any regrets because we were actually compatible,” he said in an interview with Channels TV.
Source: Vanguardngr.com
