Uke, Nasarawa state – Timileyin Ajayi, the suspected killer of Salome Adaidu, was on Monday, January 27, arraigned at the high court of justice, Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital.
As reported by Channels Television, Ajayi, a purported gospel singer, was charged before Justice Simon Aboki with one count of culpable killing, an offence punishable by death.
Upon arraignment, the suspect pleaded not guilty to the murder allegation.
Recall the 32-year-old was apprehended for the murder of a lady, Adaidu, a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who served at Nicon Insurance in the nation’s capital, Abuja, before her killing.
Salome was murdered by the suspect at his house in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in Karu local government area (LGA) of Nasarawa state.
The police had paraded Ajayi alongside the knife and machetes he used to commit the crime.
During several press interviews, Ajayi confessed to the murder but claimed that the late corps member was his girlfriend – a narrative disputed by the Adaidu family who insisted that their daughter was kidnapped and brutally killed.
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