BREAKING: Court sentences Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for killing Salome Adaidu

News Express |26th Jun 2025 | 667

The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, the suspected killer of a National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu, to death by hanging.

Justice Simon Aboki, who handed down the judgment found Ajayi guilty of killing and dismembering Adaidu.

He had been charged with one count of culpable homicide contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria and punishable by death.

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