Ajayi, left, and the late Salome, right.
By Angela Dogo
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has charged gospel singer, Timilehin Ajayi with the murder of his girlfriend, Salome Adaidu.
Ajayi dismembered Salome, who he claimed to be his girlfriend, when she visited him at his house in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The 32-year-old was charged with the crime at a Nasarawa State High Court in Lafia, the state capital on Friday.
He was slammed with a one-count charge of Culpable Homicide, punishable with Death.
The offence is contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria.
The court however ordered that the suspect be remanded in a correctional facility, Lafia pending formal arraignment on a date to be assigned.
Prior to her gruesome murder, the 24-year-old victim was a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), serving at Nicon Insurance in Abuja.
Ajayi was nabbed on Jan. 12, while trying to dispose of the head of Salome after killing her and dismembering her body parts.
