Timileyin Ajayi, the suspect in the brutal murder of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member Salome Adaidu, has pleaded not guilty to allegations of killing her.
The suspect, alleged to be a gospel singer, made the plea during his arraignment before Justice Simon Aboki at the Nasarawa State High Court, where he was facing one count of culpable homicide punishable by death.
His alleged action contradicts Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria.
After the charge was read to him, Ajayi pleaded not guilty.
The police had paraded Ajayi alongside the knife and machetes he allegedly used to commit the crime.
Ajayi was caught on January 17 after Adaidu’s head was found in a nylon bag he was carrying, suspected to be for ritual purposes.
The young lady, a serving National Youth Service Corps member, was allegedly in a romantic relationship with the singer.
Ajayi was reportedly accosted by vigilant members of a church in Orozo, a border community between Abuja and Nasarawa State, with the severed head of Salome in a bag.
The church’s Bible Study Teacher and General Secretary, Caleb Umaru, told journalists that Ajayi threw the bag into a river but they retrieved it and found the victim’s severed head inside.
The suspect, who had admitted to committing the crime, had said he had no regret for his action.
(Source:The Whistler)
