A High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the murder of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Salome Adaidu.
Delivering the verdict, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of the brutal killing and dismemberment of the corps member.
Ajayi was convicted on a single count of culpable homicide, an offence under Section 221 of the Penal Code applicable in Northern Nigeria, which carries the death penalty.
More details to follow.
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