{"id":373891,"date":"2025-06-26T19:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/06\/26\/nasarawa-court-sentences-gospel-singer-to-death-for-killing-corps-member\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:22:32","slug":"nasarawa-court-sentences-gospel-singer-to-death-for-killing-corps-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/06\/26\/nasarawa-court-sentences-gospel-singer-to-death-for-killing-corps-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasarawa Court Sentences Gospel Singer To Death For Killing Corps Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced controversial gospel Singer, Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the murder of a National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that Justice Simon Aboki, while delivering his judgement on Thursday, found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, having killed and dismembered the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice said that prosecuting counsel proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt that the convict killed the victim at his residence.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The judgment posited that the defendant claims that he became unconscious after having a good time with his girlfriend, and was unconscious when he wrote his confessional statement, does not hold water.<\/p>\n<p>He therefore, found Ajayi guilty of the offence after several months of trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Salome Adaidu: Gospel Singer Ajayi Arraigned For Murder, Pleads Not Guilty In Nasarawa Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Justice Aboki noted that the convict was convicted under Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria, which prescribes the death penalty for persons guilty of such an offence.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe law is clear on this, and the punishment is death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, the accused is hereby sentenced to death by hanging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that operatives of Nasarawa State Police Command, arrested Ajayi after he was caught by churchgoers in Orozo, a border community between Abuja and Nasarawa, carrying a polybag containing the severed head of the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation led to the discovery of the remaining body parts inside his apartment in New Karshi, Karu Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral post-arrest interview, Ajayi confessed to the crime, saying that the act was not premeditated but carried out in a fit of jealousy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-infor-trackid=\"966303\" data-infor-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-4046025709\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/300x250@2x.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"600\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced controversial gospel Singer, Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the murder of a National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu. 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