Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected killer of Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, on Tuesday revealed how she murdered the deceased.
According to The News Agency of Nigeria, Chidinma in a video recording which was played at the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa square disclosed that she was the only one involved in the incident.
It would be recalled that Usifo Ataga was allegedly murdered on June 15, 2021.
As narrated by the NAN, the deceased was reported to have worn a white singlet and blood-stained boxer shorts.
In the short-service apartment where he was allegedly killed, his head was close to a wall.
The ground was covered in blood. The pillow and duvet on the bed in the room were also stained with blood.
A video of Ojukwu explaining how she killed Ataga was played on the same compact disc.
Ojukwu described how she met Ataga through a friend in the video.
She claimed that on June 13, 2021, the deceased called her and requested that she find accommodations for them. In response, she obtained the short-term service apartment where the deceased passed away.
She said: “After I got the place on Sunday, we were smoking loud, drinking, watching movies
“Then, I went to get food, the drug we were taking got finished and I ordered another one and went downstairs to get it from the delivery guy in the morning.”
The first defendant said the above-mentioned incident occurred on June 14, 2021.
”Then, on Tuesday, we drank, smoke loud and I added Rophynol to his drink. We had sex, and I was on the bed and he was on a chair.
“Later, he started disturbing me for more sex. I was tired, and after struggling with him, he had his way and still wanted more.
“He was no longer himself, and I thought he was no more interested in sex, only for him to return to the bed to ask for more.
“I pushed him away which resulted in his hitting his head against a stool that had a glass, he had a cut on his leg and he became weak.”
In order to prevent Ataga from hurting her, Ojukwu claimed that she then took a knife and stabbed him in the neck, ribs, and stomach.
“I tied his hands with a handkerchief. His blood was out and I was scared. I just packed everything, my clothes were also stained with blood, I just packed my things and left.
“I took the knife and handkerchief, and when I got home, I threw the knife and handkerchief away.
Michael was a friend. I didn’t know him that deeply, and we didn’t talk regularly,” she said in the video clip.
When she was asked in the video if she was assisted in killing the deceased, Ojukwu said, “There was nobody that assisted me, I did it alone.”
When asked why she didn’t call for help, she said, ”Obviously I was scared, that was why I left.”
She said that there was no motive for killing Ataga.
