By Blessing Udeobasi
An officer of the Nigerian police force, Olusegun Bamidele has testified against at the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday, saying the cloth worn by Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the death of SUPER TV CEO, Usifo Ataga was stained with blood.
Bamidele said that during a search at Chidinma’s residence, the police discovered a maroon-coloured cloth worn by Chidinma the day Ataga was allegedly killed.
Bamidele who is a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) serving with the homicide department of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Yaba was led in evidence by the Lagos State deputy director of public prosecution, Adenike Oluwafemi where he made the testimony.
“After we tracked her to her home in Alagomeji and brought her to the DCP’s office, she was asked about her relationship with the deceased. She denied initially and this prompted us to deploy the CCTV. She then agreed that she is the Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu we were looking for,” he said.
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“We then took her in company of her foster father, one Onoh Ojukwu, back to the house in Alagomeji where we initially arrested her. We conducted a search of the house in their presence.”
“The cloth was stained with blood. Then Onoh Ojukwu shouted: “Chidinma, you have killed me, you have done something wrong outside. Chidinma was also crying. We also recovered the black/blue long sleeved gown she wore when she left the apartment in Lekki. This further established that she has something to do with the deceased,” he said.
The policeman noted that Ojukwu recollected that she made a call to the second defendant, Adedapo Quadri, who helped her source for hard drugs which she and Ataga smoked on the day he died. The case was then adjourned till May 12.
