The 21-year-old Unilag student Chidimma Ojukwu, who confessed to stabbing and robbing Super TV boss, Usifo Ataga has recounted how they met.

In an interview with DailyTrust, Chidinma said, financial pressure occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19 made her hook up with some female students who took her to wild parties, one of which she met the deceased.

She described vividly the sort of scene in which they first met saying:
“It first sounded like fun when I went out for the first time along other girls. My friend who took me out told me we were going to attend a party organised by one of the latest big boys in town.

On arrival, it was fun-filled. We had so much to drink. At first, it was shisha that we were smoking. I took a few drags on the pipe and blew the smoke out immediately. Other girls were busy blowing out smoke from their noses and mouths.

The party ended in the wee hours of the night and we ended up in bed with some guys. The guy I slept with gave me N50,000 and I felt like break-dancing.

It was at one of those parties that I met Ataga. He picked interest in me because of the course I am reading. We dated for about six months before I started noticing his strange behaviour.”

On the day she killed Ataga, she admitted they’ve been dating for a while and suggested he drugged and raped her,
“He gave me roofies (a street name for Rohypnol) before sex. I never meant to kill him. I was not in the mood but he wanted sex. I told him so and we had roofies, after which he was all over me. He forced his way into me, even though it was not the first time we had sex

I felt he was using me to satisfy his sex urge as he never fulfilled all he promised to do for me” she said

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The appeal was contained in a statement signed by Olusegun Jolaawo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on behalf of the law firm, Rickey Tarfa & Co, solicitor for the family on Sunday in Abuja.

Ataga, who was first declared missing on Sunday, June 13, was later found stabbed to death inside an Airbnb apartment in the highbrow Lekki area of Lagos – allegedly killed by his mistress, a 21-year-old student of the University of Lagos.

The billionaire businessman was until his death the CEO of Super TV.

In the statement, the solicitor urged bloggers and those behind malicious social media publications to refrain from publishing falsehood that impinges negatively on the integrity of the deceased, his wife and children or face lawsuits.

He also urged Nigerians to allow the Police to conduct its investigations without any distraction or interference.

“We know that suspect (name withheld) has been arrested and we know that investigation is continuing.

“Our client is, however, convinced that there is much more to this than is already apparent from the Police investigation.

“It has become apparent that from the variety and inherent malice in most of the media publications, they are planted to embarrass and malign Usifo Ataga, Brenda Ataga and the family,’’ the statement read in part.

It also claimed that the publications serve as a smokescreen to enable the perpetrators of the heinous crime cover their tracks.

“Our client appreciates the efforts of the law enforcement agencies in their investigations thus far and will not descend into particulars with respect to any of the said false narratives so as not to inadvertently aid the perpetrators of the murder in covering their tracks.’’

The lawyer lamented that the tragic incident of the cold blooded murder of late Ataga had inundated all strata of the media with inconceivable stories being peddled on all sorts of platforms about the incident and, therefore, called for restraints from the publishers of the unfounded stories.

“Our client requests that the well-meaning public allow the family to mourn their departed son, father and husband with some privacy and decency.

“Our client also feels very strongly about the unbridled activities of bloggers on the social media space with respect to this incident and firmly demands that the said bloggers desist from peddling falsehood aimed at maligning the deceased, his wife and children.

“The family will not be intimidated by these bloggers’ activities and insist that the Police be allowed to do their work.

“Our client hereby demand that the false publications and the several ordinarily unrelated stories and pictures of late Ataga and Brenda Ataga be pulled down with immediate effect.

“Failing, our client shall take prompt and appropriate action to seek redress for the apparent instances of libel and slander as appropriate,’’ he added.

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Lagos State Police Command arrested Chidinma and named her on Thursday as the prime suspect in the murder of Usifo who was found stabbed in an Airbnb apartment last week.

“The suspect confessed to stabbing the deceased with a kitchen knife after a struggle.” Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu told reporters.

She confessed to the alleged crime in Police custody in Lagos on Thursday 24 June. Police paraded the student [Chidimma] before newsmen in Nigeria’s commercial capital.

Ataga who lives in Banana Island was reported missing by concerned family and friends to the police on Sunday 13 June.

On 20 June, police confirmed the death of Ataga, CP Odumosu told reporters that his body was found inside a three bedroom flat for Lekki Phase 1, which was rented out as an Airbnb apartment.

Chidimma Adaora Ojukwu: everything we know about her profile

Chidimma Adaora Ojukwu is a 300 level student of University of Lagos UNILAG.

She is studying mass communication at the University of Lagos, according to the police.

She lives with her parents in the Alagomeji area Yaba Lagos.

It was in this her parent’s house police say they arrested her.

Chidimma is a native of Abia state in south east Nigeria, according to what she told reporters on Thursday.

University of Lagos spokesperson Nonye Oguama has confirmed to reporters that the alleged murder suspect Chidimma Ojukwu is their student.

Untill this alleged murder investigation, she was a part-time student of Unilag, Mrs Oguama added.

Lagos police command said they arrested Chidimma at her parent’s house on Wednesday night.

Michael Usifo Ataga biography

Michael Usifo Ataga has been the Chief Executive Officer at Super Network Limited since April 2014 untill his murder, according to his LinkedIn profile.

SuperTV, is the TV service of Super Network Company which is an Over-The-Top [OTT] media streaming entertainment company in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Michael Usifo Ataga is married and has children which reports say are based in Abuja.

Late Ataga, who’s life ended at 50 years of age attended University of Benin between 1988 and 1995.

Police say investigations are still on going on the suspected murder case.

Police say Chidinma will soon be charged to court.

Reports on Friday say police also arrested her father after he tried to stop police from arresting his daughter.

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