The police has arrested a university student accused of killing Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV.
Ataga was said to have been found in a pool of his blood with multiple wounds on his body after the media mogul was stabbed to death at a hotel where he reportedly lodged in the Lekki area of Lagos.
Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), was paraded on Thursday at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, told reporters at the briefing that the suspect had confessed that she stabbed Ataga.
He disclosed that the owner of the rented apartment where the tragic incident occurred has been arrested and held in police detention.
Odumosu added that Ataga’s bank account has been blocked in a bid to prevent further withdrawals by those taking advantage of his untimely death.
During a session with reporters, 21-year-old Chidinma gave an account of what transpired between her and the late businessman whom she accused of raping her.
She claimed that Ataga made a first attempt which was successful, noting that the unfortunate incident took place after she resisted a second attempt.
According to Chidinma, Ataga began to chase her at some point in the kitchen where she took a knife and stabbed him in the neck.
She explained that the media mogul followed her as she approached the door before she stabbed him twice on the neck side again.
