Saturday, January 18, 2025 - The Nasarawa State Police Command has arraigned gospel singer, Timilehin Ajayi in court for m8rder of 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 suspect arrived at the Nasarawa State High Court in Lafia, the
Nasarawa State capital on Friday, January 17. 2025.
He was
arraigned on one count charge of Culpable Homicide punishable with Death,
contrary to section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria.
The court
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 Sunday, January 12, while trying to dispose Salome’s severed head
after killing her and dismembering her body parts.
The
suspect was brought to the headquarters of the Nasarawa State Police Command on
Tuesday and paraded alongside the knife and machetes he used to commit the
crime.
In an
interview with journalists, Ajayi admitted to killing her, claiming that it was
unplanned and stemmed from feelings of jealousy.
“I killed
her because we don’t have each other all the time, it’s not something I
planned. It happened on that day, and it happened. Not that I have the plan in
mind, she was cheating,” he said.
“She hides
most of the things from me most times. I got to know from her phone. I saw her
chats with other guys on the phone, that was why I decided.
When asked
if he regretted his actions, he replied, “I don’t have any regrets because life
is reciprocal, that is what I thought. If you must do something to someone, you
have to be reciprocal with that person.
“You have
to understand what that person is going through so that you can actually put
yourself in the position that the person is going through. That is why I don’t
have any regrets because we were compatible."
Salome’s
family however, denied any knowledge of a relationship between her and the
suspect.
“This
so-called Timi guy, we don’t know him. We have never seen him until we were
called up to tell us that this guy murdered and dismembered our sister,”
Salome's elder sister, Esther Adaidu said.
“I demand
and need justice to be served to this guy sitting over there because he is the
one that murdered my sister, and he confirmed it to me.”
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