Court sentences Salome Adaidu’s killer to death by hanging

A High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, the suspected killer of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member Salome Adaidu, to death by hanging.

Delivering judgment, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, having established that he intentionally killed and dismembered the young corps member.

Ajayi was arraigned on one count of culpable homicide in violation of Section 221 of the Penal Code Law applicable in Northern Nigeria, a charge that carries the death penalty upon conviction.

Justice Aboki, in his ruling, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt and accordingly sentenced the convict to die by hanging.

The gruesome killing of Salome Adaidu had drawn national outrage, especially among NYSC members and youth advocacy groups, who had demanded swift justice in the wake of her tragic death.