Uwaifo, a cousin to Michael Usifo Ataga, the late Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, has said it is impossible for Chidinma Ojukwu, lover of the deceased, to have killed him alone.
Ataga was found dead days after checking into an apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State with Ojukwu.
The 21-year-old had fled the scene but was later arrested at his father’s house in Yaba.
When she was paraded by the Lagos State police command last month, the 300-level Mass Communication student of University of Lagos (UNILAG) confessed that she killed Ataga while he was trying to force himself on her.
However, the suspect reversed her stance in a recent video interview with Crime Fighter TV, saying she knew nothing about the death of the Super TV CEO.
She claimed that the deceased had sent her out to buy the things they needed at the apartment, but she found him in a pool of blood by the time she returned.
Ataga’s cousin who also spoke to Crime Fighter TV, said there was no way Ojukwu would have committed the murder alone.
”I have had the regrettable privilege of seeing that dead body five times. My cousin’s hands were tied so badly that the rope entered his skin. The rope is right there as an exhibit with the police,” he said.
“That binding could not have been done by that lady alone, not possible, even if he was drugged. It is not possible because I saw the lady and I saw my cousin and I said this is not possible.
“Apart form the fact that he was tied, there were multiple stabs on his body. So that story of two stabs and neck is not true. He was stabbed in other places. In fact, at Yaba mortuary, the attendants were so dramatic that they told us clearly of multiple stabs.”
Discussion about this post