Timileyin Ajayi, the suspected killer of Salome Adaidu, was arraigned in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Monday morning.
He was charged with one count of culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria, punishable by death.
He appeared before Justice Simon Aboki.
Upon arraignment, the suspect pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The court remanded Ajayi at a correctional centre.
The Nasarawa State counsel, Stanley Ifeanyi, had told the court that the gospel singer killed 24-year-old Adaidu, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abuja.
Ifeanyi said the offence violated section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria, and punishable with death.
The presiding judge, Justice Simon Aboki, remanded Ajayi at the Lafia Custodial Centre and adjourned the case to March 17, 2025, for hearing.
Justice Aboki pledged to give the case an accelerated hearing because of its seriousness and sensitive nature.
Recall that the 32-year-old was apprehended for the murder of his alleged girlfriend, Adaidu, a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who served at Nicon Insurance in the Nation’s capital, Abuja.
Salome was murdered when she visited the suspect at his house in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The police had paraded Ajayi alongside the knife and machetes he used to commit the crime.
Timi was nabbed on Sunday, January 12, 2025, while trying to dispose of the head of Salome after killing her and dismembering her body parts when she visited him at his house.
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