The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a gospel singer, Timilehin Ajayi, for allegedly killing and dismembering his 24-year-old girlfriend, Salome Enejo, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, for suspected ritual purposes.
The command’s spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel, who revealed this, said the corps member was serving in Abuja before she was brutally murdered by the suspect.
Nansel said church goers accosted Ajayi with the severed head of Enejo in a polythene bag, and immediately arrested him on Sunday in Orozo, a community bordering the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Nasarawa State.
The church’s Bible Study Teacher and General Secretary, Caleb Umaru, said one of his members observed Ajayi acting strangely near a river, adding that the member drew others’ attention when Ajayi threw a bag into the river.
He said the they retrieved the bad only to discover that it was his girlfriend’s severed head in it.
Umaru said, “It was just before the end of the service, around 11 a.m., during the final pledge and prayers. A church member, Brother Victor, opened his eyes during the prayers and noticed someone walking suspiciously by the river near the church, carrying a bag. His movements caught Victor’s attention, prompting him to call over Brother Amos to take notice as well.
“When he saw them, he threw a black nylon bag into the river, and when they enquired from him what he threw into the river, he said nothing. After many questions that he didn’t answer, they left him and went back but didn’t go into the church.”
Umaru said church members repeatedly tried to force Ajayi to open the bag, and he tried to escape, adding that he was chased and apprehended in a farm area and handed over to the police.
Nansel said the police had to intervene to stop a mob from lynching him, adding thatfurther investigation uncovered the rest of the mutilated body inside the suspect’s apartment.
“During the investigation at his place of residence, we found two sacks filled with the victim’s dismembered body. The victim has been identified as 24-year-old Salome Enejo; her parents have been contacted and have identified her. She is a National Youth Service Corps member, serving in Abuja.
“The suspect is currently receiving medical treatment at a hospital; he was injured when we rescued him. A thorough investigation has commenced,” Nansel added.
