A 300-level student of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga.
The suspect was arrested on June 23 after Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga was found dead at a Service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State with multiple wounds.
Chidinma, who is the prime suspect in the murder case arrived at the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos for her trial.
The 22-year-old arrived alongside her sister, Egbuchu Chioma from whom the late Ataga’s iPhone 7, was said to have been recovered and one Adedapo Quadri, were arraigned before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court.
The suspects are facing a 9-count charge filed by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi.
Chidinma and Adedapo, in count one, were charged with conspiring to murder Usifo Ataga contrary to Section 233 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos 2015.
In count two, the duo was charged with the murder of Usifo Ataga, an offence stated to have been committed by stabbing of the deceased multiple times in the neck and chest region with a knife.
In counts 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7, Chidinma and Adedapo were charged with conspiracy to commit forgery, and making documents without authority.
They were alleged to have procured false Access and UBA bank account statements of the deceased, including a forged international passport and a driver’s license in Chidinma’s name.
In count eight, Chidinma was charged alone with stealing two iPhones, an iPhone 7 and an iPhone 11; one Apple MacBook Laptop and ATM cards of Access and GT Banks belonging to the deceased from which the sum of N380,000 was subsequently withdrawn.
In count nine, Chidinma’s sister, Chioma Egbuchu was charged with being in possession of a stolen property, the iPhone 7 belonging to the late Ataga.
