the men of the Lagos State Police Command for apprehending Chidinma Ojukwu, a 21-year-old University of Lagos student who allegedly stabbed Super TV’s Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, to death in the state’s Lekki region.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Friday, said the Command adopted a “scientific method” to arrest the suspect .
Commendations are in order for the men of the Lagos State Police Command over the arrest of Chidinma Ojukwu, the 21-year-old student of the University of Lagos, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death in the Lekki area of the state.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the suspect and her father were arrested at their residence at No. 57, Akinwunmi Street, Alagomeji, Yaba, on Wednesday night.
The father of the suspect had resisted his daughter’s arrest because he didn’t believe that his daughter committed any crime until she confessed on Thursday.
The undergraduate was later paraded on Thursday at the command headquarters in the Ikeja area of Lagos but her father was not paraded.
When paraded, the UNILAG student confessed to stabbing 50-year-old Ataga to death on June 15, 2021.
The 21-year-old said she had been in a romantic relationship with Ataga for about four months before the ugly incident occurred at a Short Service Apartment, situated at No 19, Adewale Oshin Street, Lekki, Phase 1, Lagos.
Ojukwu had also said that she and Ataga were “having fun” when an argument broke out and she stabbed him twice after which she withdrew N380,000 from his account using his ATM card.
The suspect, who fled the scene, was, however, arrested at her father’s residence in the Yaba area of the state.