The acclaimed gospel singer Timilehin Ajayi was arrested in possession of the severed head of Salome Adaidu, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, and a Nasarawa State High Court has ordered his remand.
A brief announcement on the remand was published on the Nasarawa State Police Command’s X website on Friday.
The suspect was arraigned pending his formal arraignment, the statement said. “Timilehin Ajayi was charged in court today and remanded in prison custody pending his formal arraignment,” the statement said.
Churchgoers reportedly arrested Ajayi earlier on Tuesday for allegedly killing and dismembering Adaidu for purported ritualistic purposes.
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According to Caleb Umaru, the general secretary and Bible study teacher for the church, a member had observed Ajayi acting strangely close to a river.
When Ajayi dropped a bag into the river, he said, the aforementioned member notified others. The bag was later recovered and discovered to contain his girlfriend’s decapitated head.
Ajayi claimed that he murdered Adaidu, his girlfriend, after discovering she had been unfaithful to him.
However, the victim’s family disputed this, asserting that Adaidu was never in a relationship with Ajayi. They also refuted claims that she had visited him, instead alleging that she had been kidnapped.
