Lady decapitated by boyfriend in Abuja identified as NYSC member

The lady decapitated by her boyfriend, Timileyin Ajayi, in Abuja has been identified as 24-year-old, Salome Enejo, a member of the National Youth Service Corps.

Nasarawa State Police Command has also announced that the suspect, Timilehin Ajayi, is in their custody as an investigation commenced into the gruesome murd3r of the fresh graduate for suspected ritual purposes.

The command’s spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel, told Punch that Enejo was serving in Abuja before she was brutally murdered by the suspect.

The suspect, Ajayi, an erstwhile gospel artist, 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 the severed head of Enejo.

The church’s Bible Study Teacher and General Secretary, Caleb Umaru, told the publication that a member had noticed Ajayi acting suspiciously near a river.

He claimed that the said 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 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 disclosed that the suspect attempted to flee the scene after he was repeatedly asked to open the bag before he was chased down and apprehended in a farm area and before he was handed over to the police, who arrived at the scene just in time.

Umaru said a motorcyclist who had transported Ajayi with the sack enlisted help to confront him. According to Umaru, the four men approached Ajayi and ordered him to retrieve the bag he had thrown into the river.

Police spokesperson, Nansel, told Punch the suspect was rescued from being mobbed by the vengeful crowd who caught him with the severed head.

He added that further investigation uncovered the rest of the mutilated 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 being mobbed by the ones who accosted him.

“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.

Ajayi was a gospel artiste and the lead vocalist of a church in Abuja. About 2020, he released an Album titled “God of All the Earth”.

It appears the suspect might have lost his faith and backslidden going by some content found on his social media handles.

A video he posted about a week ago showed him mocking people who go to church and who believe there are some supernatural powers.

“I see a lot of you going to church, saying village people, village people. There is no village people anywhere. Nobody is that powerful to stop you. There is only one power in heaven and on earth that can stop you. And that power is you.

See a video the suspect released about a week ago here.