- Court Sentences Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to Death for Killing Salome Adaidu
- Justice Aboki found Ajayi guilty of killing and dismembering the corps member
- Ajayi was convicted on a single count of culpable homicide
A High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Thursday, June 26, sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the murder of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Salome Adaidu.
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Eko Hot Blog reports that the presiding judge, Justice Simon Aboki, delivered the verdict after finding Ajayi guilty of killing and dismembering the corps member.
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Ajayi was convicted on a single count of culpable homicide, an offense under Section 221 of the Penal Code applicable in Northern Nigeria, which carries the death penalty.
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