The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested 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.
According to the command’s spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel, Enejo, a corps member serving in Abuja, was brutally murdered by the suspect.
Ajayi was apprehended by churchgoers on Sunday in Orozo, a community bordering the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Nasarawa State, after he was found carrying a polybag containing Enejo’s severed head.
Caleb Umaru, the church’s Bible Study Teacher and General Secretary, explained that a church member had noticed Ajayi acting suspiciously near a river. The member alerted others when Ajayi threw a bag into the river, which was later retrieved and found to contain his girlfriend’s severed head.
Umaru stated, “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 also revealed that the suspect tried to flee the scene after being asked repeatedly to open the bag, but he was chased down and apprehended in a nearby farm area before being handed over to the police, who arrived in time.
A motorcyclist who had transported Ajayi with the sack enlisted the help of others to confront him. Umaru explained that the four men approached Ajayi and ordered him to retrieve the bag he had thrown into the river.
In a telephone interview, Nansel confirmed that the suspect was rescued from being mobbed by an angry crowd who had caught him with the severed head. Further investigation revealed the rest of the victim’s dismembered body inside the suspect’s apartment.
“The suspect was found with a fresh human head, and when we got to the scene, we rescued him from the mob. 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, a National Youth Service Corps member serving in Abuja. Her parents have been contacted and have identified her,” Nansel said. “The suspect is currently receiving medical treatment at a hospital after being injured when we rescued him. A thorough investigation has commenced.”
A similar incident occurred on October 11, 2023, when the Lagos State Police Command declared Benjamin Nnanyereugo, also known as KillaBoi, wanted in connection with the murder of his girlfriend, Augusta Osedion. Nnanyereugo is suspected of murdering the 21-year-old Osedion on July 13, 2023, at his home in Oral Estate, Ajah, Lagos State.
