Gospel Singer Timileyin Ajayi Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Salome
- Timileyin Ajayi, the alleged killer of Salome Adaidu, has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge instituted by the police against him
- According to the police, when the suspect was presented before Justice Simeon Aboki at Court 2 in Lafia on Monday, he pleaded not guilty to killing Salome Adaidu
- Recall that the self-acclaimed gospel musician had earlier revealed on national TV that he killed the young woman and gave his reasons
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Gospel singer Timileyin Ajayi, the alleged murderer of Nigeran corps member Salome Adaidu, has been brought before the High Court of Justice in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State.
Contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria, he was charged with one count of culpable butchery punishable by death.
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According to Channels TV, on Monday, January 27, he appeared before Justice Simon Aboki. Upon arraignment, the suspect admitted not guilty to the allegation.
The individual aged 32 was arrested for the murder of his alleged partner, Adaidu, a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who had previously worked at Nicon Insurance in the nation's capital, Abuja, prior to her demise.
Salome was murdered during her visit to the suspect's residence in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The police had paraded Mr Ajayi alongside the knives and machetes he used to commit the offense.
Timi was apprehended on Sunday, January 12, 2025, while attempting to dispose of the head of Salome after killing her and dismembering her body parts while visiting him at his residence.
When asked if he killed Salome during a media chat with the national TV, he answered "Yes", narrating that it wasn't planned, but it is because they don't have each other all the time.
“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. She hides most of the things from me most time. I got to know from her phone. I saw her chats with other guys on the phone, that was why I decided,” he said.
In a previous report, the tragic death of the late corps member Salome Eleojo continued to spur conversations online.
Also recall that Timileyin Ajayi, a self-proclaimed gospel singer, was identified as the murderer after he was reportedly seen with a nylon bag containing Salome's head.
The incident occurred when Salome reportedly went to Timileyin's house in the Papalana axis of New Karshi, Karu local government area, Nasarawa state.
The late victim's sister, during a recent media chat, argued that Timileyin was possibly a cannibal due to the nature of his room.
She alleged that there was no single food item when she got into the singer's room. But she saw heaps of tomatoes at one corner and the debris of a recent smoke he had taken. She also claimed that she saw a cutlass and mopping equipment for cleaning the house.
"I suspect gospel singer Timileyin eats human flesh because there was no single food in his house, the only things in his room was my sister's corpse, which he had cut to pieces, lots of Canadian loud and lots of Tomatoes…. No single food, no Indomie, no nothing," she said in part.
Salome Adaidu laid to rest
Salome Adaidu, the young woman reportedly killed by gospel singer Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, has been laid to rest.
An old video showed the heartbreaking scene of her burial held in the night.
A group of men somberly dropped her remains into the earth, their faces engraved with despair.
Proofread by Kola Muhammed, journalist and copyeditor at Legit.ng
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