Chidinma Ojukwu, a university student and the main suspect in the murder of Super TV CEO, Michael Usifo Ataga, has changed her story. On Thursday, she told a Lagos High Court that she found him dead when she returned to their short-let apartment in Lekki on June 15, 2021. The court session was held at Tafawa Balewa Square.
According to her, she went out to buy food and drinks. When she came back, she knocked but got no answer. “I pushed the door and saw blood on the floor. Ataga was lying on the floor, and his eyes were half-shut. He wasn’t breathing. I dropped everything and rushed to him,” she told the court.
She now claims she didn’t kill him
Chidinma was a 300-level Mass Communication student at the University of Lagos when the incident happened. Led in evidence by her lawyer, Mr. Onwuka Egwu, she said she started dating Ataga in November 2020. According to her, they met through a friend called Fiyin, who was dating Ataga’s friend, James.
She said Ataga was kind and helpful. He paid her school fees and supported her cosmetics business. She also said Ataga told her he had three children with his estranged wife and that he lived in Victoria Garden City.
Her new claim is different from her earlier statement in 2021. At first, she said Ataga tried to force her to have sex after using hard drugs. She claimed she stabbed him in self-defence and didn’t mean to kill him. Now she’s saying she went to buy food and found him dead on the floor.
The trial drags on since 2021 with no clear end
It’s been three years since this case started, yet it’s still dragging in court. Many Nigerians are tired of the delays in our justice system. Why does it take this long to settle a murder case? Is this the judicial reform we were promised? A case that shook the whole country should not take forever.
People are watching and asking: why has the story changed? Why is she now saying she found him dead? Does this mean someone else did it? Or is she trying to escape justice?
Chidinma Ojukwu says she found him dead, raising new questions
Chidinma Ojukwu says she found him dead, but her old statement says otherwise. The Super TV CEO murder case remains one of Nigeria’s most shocking crimes. With every new twist, the truth becomes harder to find. The courts must act fast. Justice delayed is justice denied. As this young woman changes her story again, one wonders if the real truth will ever come out.
