Gospel artiste, Timileyin Ajayi, who was recently arrested for m#rdering a young lady, Salome Adaidu, in Nasarawa state, has pleaded not guilty to the one count charge of culpable homicide filed against him.
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Ajayi was arraigned before Justice Simon Aboki of the High Court of Justice, Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital on Monday morning January 27.
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He was charged with one count of culpable homicide punishable by de@th, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria
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The 32-year-old was apprehended on January 12 for the m#rder of Adaidu, a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who served at Nicon Insurance in the Nation’s capital, Abuja, before her de@th.
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Salome was m#rdered when she visited the suspect at his house in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
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While being paraded before newsmen, Ajayi confessed to killing Salome who he claimed was his girlfriend and said he has no regrets as she allegedly cheated on him.
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