The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State , has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of Salome Adaid...
The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of Salome Adaidu, a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Justice Simon Aboki, delivering the verdict, found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, following overwhelming evidence that he murdered and dismembered the corps member.
Ajayi was convicted on a single charge of culpable homicide, an offence punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria, which prescribes the death penalty.
The judgment brings to a close a case that sparked widespread outrage and mourning among youth corps members and the broader public.
Neither the defence nor the prosecution has commented on whether there will be an appeal.
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