The high court in Lafia, Nasarawa state, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, a gospel singer, to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of Salome Adaidu, a national youth service corps member.
In a judgment delivered on Thursday, Simon Aboki, the presiding judge, found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, having killed and dismembered the victim.
Ajayi was convicted on a one-count charge of culpable homicide, contrary to section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria and punishable by death.
