DEVELOPING NEWS:
The death of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, allegedly in the hands of a 21-year-old Miss Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu who is a student of University of Lagos has shocked the whole country. It is indeed one murder that will never be forgotten in a jiffy. It is as shocking as it is revealing. There are lessons and revelations in the unfortunate episode.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The late Usifo Ataga was first declared missing on Sunday, June 13th in Lagos. He was later found dead in a pool of his own blood in a serviced apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos, which he rented for pleasure with his girlfriend. On Wednesday, the Lagos police arrested an unnamed female suspect whom they described as the last person that was seen with the diseased alive.
The 21-year-old Miss Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu was paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, for allegedly killing Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga. The police also further accused Miss Ojukwu of stealing money from the diseased bank account, using his ATM card.
In a media interview, the UNILAG student owned up to killing the Super TV boss following a disagreement while having “fun” together. She also shared various details about her life, her relationship with the late Ataga Usifo and the final moments leading to his death.
BASIC FACTS
- The 21-year-old Miss Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu is a 300L student of the University of Lagos.
- She has confessed murdering the late Super TV CEO.
- The University of Lagos is reportedly considering the suspension of Miss Ojukwu from the school
- The father of Miss Chidinma and the landlady of the apartment. where the diseased died were both arrested by the police and have also been released on police bail for lack of direct evidence to any complicity in the murder.
- The family of the late Super TV CEO have retained the law firm of Rickey Tarfa & Co as solicitor for the family
- On Sunday in Abuja, the law firm released a statement signed by Olusegun Jolaawo, SAN on behalf of the family.
NOTABLE QUOTE
“Mr. Ataga was a friend and I don’t know how to elaborate more. He has not shown me pictures of his family but he sometimes acts like he was married and not that he is married. I have met him up to four or five times; he takes drugs and drinks alcohol. It is not that I am trying to put anything together.’’…Miss Ojukwu referring to the diseased, Usifo Ataga.
WHAT WE ARE WATCHING
We are watching to see where the police investigation goes and what it further reveal regarding the murder. We are also monitoring if there could any truth to the rumors that Miss Ojukwu may not be the only culprit to the murder, but may have been used by some other persons who wanted Usifo Ataga “out of the way”.
We are also following up with the threat from the law firm of Rickey Tarfa & Co to sue “bloggers” and the “media” “to seek redress for the apparent instances of libel and slander as appropriate,’’ “for peddling falsehood aimed at maligning the deceased, his wife and children.” We shall keep our readers posted.
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