Gospel Singer, Ajayi To Die By Hanging For Beheading Corps Member, Adaidu, Court Rules

Oluwatimileyin Ajayi

By Abdullahi Abubakar 

Gospel singer, Oluwatimileyin Ajayi will die by hanging, so ruled a High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State,

Ajayi will die by hanging for the gruesome murder of a National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu.

Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, having killed and dismembered the victim.

Ajayi was convicted on a one-count charge of culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria and punishable by death.