Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level, Mass Communication student at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has confessed to killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super Tv, Usifo Michael Ataga.
The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on Tuesday watched the chilling footage of Chidinma confessing to stabbing to death her “sugar daddy”.
It also viewed the grim footage of Ataga’s lifeless body recorded shortly after he was found in a Lagos short-let serviced apartment.
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Recall that Chidinma is the prime suspect in Ataga’s murder.
She is standing trial for the alleged offence alongside her sister and third defendant Chioma Egbuchu, and second defendant Adedapo Quadri.
They have been on trial since October 12, 2021, when they were arraigned at the high court before Justice Yetunde Adesanya.
Ojukwu, while confessing in the video said; “After I got to the place on Sunday, we were smoking loudly, drinking, watching movies and then I went to get food.
“The drug we were taking got finished and I ordered another one and went downstairs to get it from the delivery guy in the morning; that was on June 14, 2021.
“Then on Tuesday, we drank and smoked loud and I added Rophynol to his drink and we had sex. I was on the bed and he was on the chair.
“Then later he started disturbing me for more sex. I was tired and after struggling with him, he had his way and still wanted more.
“He wanted it, he was no longer himself and I thought he was no more interested in sex, only for him to return to the bed to ask for more sex.
“I pushed him away, which resulted in him hitting his head against a stool that had a glass. He had a cut on his leg and he became weak.
“I got a knife and stabbed him in the neck, ribs and stomach so that he would not be able to harm me. I tied his hands with a handkerchief.
“His blood was out and I was scared. I just packed everything, my clothes were also stained with blood, I just packed my things and left.
“I took the knife and handkerchief and when I got home, I threw the knife and handkerchief away.
“Michael (Ataga) was a friend that we just talked to. I didn’t know him that deeply and we did not talk regularly.”
When she was asked in the video if she was assisted in killing the deceased as she couldn’t have done it alone because of his physique, Chidinma said: “There was nobody that assisted me, I did it alone”.
The case was adjourned till October 12, for the continuation of trial.