The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the murder of National Youth Service Corps member Salome Adaidu.
Delivering the verdict, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of killing and mutilating the victim.
Ajayi was convicted on a charge of culpable homicide, in violation of Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria, which carries the death penalty.
