Gospel artist found with girlfriend’s head denies committing murder
Story by Dajen Comfort Yakubu
Timileyin Ajayi, the self-acclaimed gospel artist who was caught with the severed head of his girlfriend, Salome Adaidu, has pleaded not guilty to the allegation of killing the lady
He was arraigned at the High Court of Justice in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital before Justice Simon Aboki on Monday and was charged with one count of culpable homicide punishable by death, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria.
The 32-year-old was apprehended for the murder of his alleged girlfriend, Adaidu, a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who served at Nicon Insurance in the Nation’s capital, Abuja.
Salome was murdered when she allegedly visited the suspect at his house in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The police had paraded Ajayi alongside the knife and machetes he used to commit the crime.
Timi was nabbed Sunday, January 12, 2025, while trying to dispose of the head of Salome after killing her and dismembering her body parts at his house.
Answering questions from journalists who asked if he killed Salome, he answered “Yes”, narrating that it wasn’t planned.
“I killed her, but 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.
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When probed further, he said he had no regrets about committing the crime.
He said, no. “I don’t have any regrets because life is reciprocal that is what I thought, if you must do something to someone, you have to be reciprocal with that person. You have to understand what that person is going through so that you can put yourself in the position that the person is going through, that is why I don’t have any regrets.
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