Nigerians on social media are mourning the dying of a lady who was once allegedly beheaded by way of a person reported to be her boyfriend in Nasarawa climate.

Police arrested Timileyin Ajayi, a gospel singer, on Sunday with the severed head of his sufferer, 24-year-old Salome Adaidu, close a church.

He’s purported to had been wearing the pinnacle in a bag which drew consideration from alternative community who accosted him ahead of police took over and arrested him.

Alternative dismembered portions of dead body’s frame have been purported to be had been recovered after in his house.

Mr Ajayi has no longer commented at the allegations.

“The suspect was found with a fresh human head, and when we got to the scene, we rescued him from being mobbed,” Nasarawa police spokesman Ramhan Nansel was once quoted by way of the Punch information website online as pronouncing.

Dead body was once recognized as a member of the Nationwide Adolescence Carrier Corps who was once serving within the federal capital, Abuja.

Investigations into the incident are ongoing, the police mentioned.

Ms Adaidu’s community has advised the Nigerian govt to completely examine and prosecute the ones accountable for her dying.

A pal of dead body, Abby Simon, informed BBC Pidgin that it was once a tragic revel in for Ms Adaidu’s mum who misplaced her husband handiest seven months in the past. She mentioned the mummy had fainted from the injury of dropping her daughter.

She additionally mentioned dead body was once no longer in a courting with the suspect.

“Nobody deserves to die this way. Even if she was his girlfriend, she didn’t deserve to die this way,” she mentioned.

Dead body’s sister, Persistence Adaidu, informed native TV outlet Information Central that she was once disenchanted on the manner the police have been dealing with the case and known as for aid from Nigerians.

“Police have not given us any information about my sister… They have not answered our questions… We demand justice, we need help from Nigerians.”

Nigerians on social media had been sending messages of backup following the incident.

“RIP Salome Adaidu. Your killer will never have rest even after death,” Avni James mentioned.

Amara Josephine mentioned on X: “That gruesome image of that young lady saddens my heart. I pray for her family.”