The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the murder of Salome Adaidu, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
In a judgment delivered by Justice Simon Aboki, the court found Ajayi guilty of killing and dismembering Adaidu.
Ajayi was convicted on a single count of culpable homicide, in violation of Section 221 of the Penal Code applicable in Northern Nigeria, which carries the death penalty upon conviction.
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