The prime suspect in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, Chidinma Ojukwu, has arrived at the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos for her trial which begins today October 12.
Chidinma will be arraigned by the Lagos State Government before Justice Yetunde Adesanya on nine-count charges.
She will be arraigned alongside her sister, Egbuchu Chioma from whom the late Ataga’s iPhone 7, was said to have been recovered, and another person, one Adedapo Quadri.
The 9-count charge dated the 31st of August was filed by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi.
In count one, Chidinma and Adedapo were charged with conspiring to murder Usifo Ataga contrary to Section 233 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos 2015.
In count two, Chidinma and Adedapo were charged with the murder of Usifo Ataga, an offence said to have been committed by stabbing him several times on the neck and chest with a knife.
In count eight, Chidinma was charged alone with stealing two iPhones – an iPhone 7 and an iPhone 11 – one Apple MacBook Laptop and ATM cards of Access and GT Banks belonging to the late Usifo Ataga from which the sum of N380,000 was subsequently withdrawn.
Watch a video of her arriving at the court this morning below…
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