Ajibade was arrested Jan. 1, 2015, by Metro Police after getting in a fight with his girlfriend. He was taken to the Chatham County Detention Center, and after being held in a cell for several hours, was booked. During the booking process, Ajibade got into a struggle with jail officers, injuring one of them. He was then taken to a different holding cell and put in a restraining chair. While in the chair, he was tased several times by a jail officer. He was later found unresponsive and pronounced dead.