Usifo Ataga: Police File Murder Charge Against Chidinma, One Other … to Arraign Sister for Possession of Stolen Item

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The Lagos State Police Command has filed a three-count charge of conspiracy, forgery and murder against Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected killer of the chief executive officer of SuperTV, Usifo Ataga, and and one Adedapo Quadri, before the State High Court.

Counsel to the Police, Cyril Ajiofor, gave the information to Magistrate Adeola Adedayo, who had last month remanded the two suspects in custody for 30 days pending the release of a legal advice on the matter by the state’s Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

Presenting the legal advice to the court today, Ajiofor told the court that that a prima facie case of stealing was also established against Chidinma alone.

He further informed the court that the DPP also established the offence of having possession of a stolen item against Chidinma’s sister, Chioma Egbuchu, from whom the deceased’s iPhone 7, was said to have been recovered.

Ajiofor, however, disclosed that Chidinma’s father, Onoh Ojukwu, Babalola Disu, Abayomi Olutayo and Ifeoluwa Olowu, who were earlier indicted in the matter had been cleared by the report.

Chidinma, a 300-level student of the University of Lagos, was brought before the Lagos State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, dressed in a black hooded jumpsuit by prison wardens at about 9am today.

The Magistrate adjourned the case till September 29 for the outcome of the case filed at the High Court and further remanded the two suspects in prison custody.