Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged killer of Usifo Ataga, Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, says she regrets everything she did.
It would be recalled that Ataga, who resides in Banana Island, was reported missing on Sunday, June 13, by his family and friends after he didn’t return to his home in Banana Island and he also didn’t turn up at his Victoria Island office.
All efforts to reach Ataga, who would have turned 50 years old on June 18, proved abortive and this caused distress to his wife and children, who live in Abuja. Unfortunately, his lifeless body was found on Friday morning, June 18, in a flat in Lekki phase 1 with multiple stab wounds.
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Following investigation by Lagos police command, she was arrested at her parents’ residence in the Yaba area of the state on Wednesday night.
While being paraded as a suspect at Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja on Thursday by Hakeem Odumosu, the state Commissioner of Police, Chidinma recounted how the incident happened.
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Ojukwu, a 300-level student of Mass Communication, said she had been in a romantic relationship with Ataga for about four months before the ugly incident.
The 21-year-old confessed to the crime but alleged that the media businessman forcefully had sex with her, prior to a second attempt that resulted in a violent confrontation and stabbing.
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In am exclusive interview with PunchMetro, she expressed;
I didn’t plan on killing anybody. It was just to get money from him. I totally regret killing everything I did. I don’t know what my future holds but I don’t want to die. Please, I don’t want to die because of this case. I have not killed before.
I was just trying to comport myself to answer questions during the parade and not that I am not showing remorse. I totally regretted everything I did and I am sorry. Mr Ataga’s family, I am deeply sorry for what I did. If I had my life back, I wouldn’t do anything like that. I am deeply sorry and I hope you forgive me.
In a statement after being paraded, Lagos police command said they went after Chidinma and tracked her down at her father’s Alagomeji, Yaba residence.
Upon her arrest, Chidinma attributed her action to the influence of hard drugs and alcohol.
Speaking further, the 300 level student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) said her parents separated when she was two years old and she started living with her uncle, Chijioke Obi, in Mushin area of Lagos State.
She added that while growing up, her childhood ambition was to become either a musician or an actress.
The suspect stated;
My role models were Tiwa Savage, Beyonce, Rihanna, Genevieve, and Regina Hall. I schooled in Johnson Primary School and also a government primary school in Mushin. I later went to Sidman College in Sabo, Yaba. I was two years old when my parents separated, I was little, so while I was growing up, I stayed with my uncle, Mr Chijioke Obi, in Mushin. I don’t know if he bears Izu, but it was my uncle that trained me.
Watch the full interview below;
