A High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the murder of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Salome Adaidu.
Justice Simon Aboki delivered the judgment on Thursday, declaring Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide for the brutal killing and dismemberment of the female corps member.
Ajayi was charged with one count of culpable homicide, an offence contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code Law applicable in Northern Nigeria, which prescribes the death penalty upon conviction.
The court ruled that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt, and that all evidence presented pointed directly to Ajayi’s responsibility for the murder.
