Why I Stabbed Super TV Boss, Ataga To Death — UNILAG Student

The Lagos State Police Command have effected the arrest of 21-year-old Chidinma Ojukwu, for allegedly murdering the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga in the Lekki area of the Lagos State.

It was gathered that Chidinma, a mass communication undergraduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has confessed to committing the crime, albeit she said she stabbed Ataga to death ‘in self defence’.

According to report, she was questioned at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja on Thursday after she was paraded as a suspect by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.

Odumosu said Chidinma was arrested at her parents’ residence in the Yaba area of the state on Wednesday night.

According to Punch, Chidinma has been in a romantic relationship with Ataga for about four months before the ugly incident.

According to Chidinma, she was having fun with Ataga when an argument broke out and she stabbed him twice.

“We were in the lodge smoking. He was trying to make advances at me. I was tired and he became violent about it.

"I let him have his way. Towards afternoon, he ordered roofies. We took it together and ate food. He became high.

"I was still not happy with the first one (sex) that we had, so, I was staying on my own, smoking and drinking. He, too, was on his own," she said.

Chidinma continued that; “He came to me and I was like I am not happy with what he did. I was like, ‘You don’t help me, you don’t assist me with anything, you are just playing me around’.

"He was like, ‘Take my ATM and withdraw what you want’.

“He later became violent trying to get to me and I was resisting and defending myself. At some point, he hit my head on the wall and I also retaliated.

"At some point, he was chasing me around the kitchen. I took a knife and stabbed his neck. I approached the door and he followed me. I stabbed him twice on the neck side. I threw the knife to the bed and he was going for it but I also went for it. He dragged the knife with me and it broke and he fell on the floor.”

The undergraduate disclosed that after stabbing the late CEO, she withdrew N380,000 from his account using his ATM card.

According to reports, the owner of the rented apartment where the tragic incident took place had been arrested.

Odumosu said Ataga’s accounts has been blocked to prevent further withdrawals by those taking advantage of his untimely death to deplete the accounts.