Ataga: Chidinma had sexual relationship with foster father — Police

Chidinma, foster father lied about Ataga’s dying – Police

Olusegu Bamidele, a deputy superintendent of police, testified earlier than the Lagos Excessive Court docket in Tafawa Balewa Sq. that Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged suspect within the homicide of Usifo Ataga, the chief government officer of Tremendous TV, had a sexual relationship together with her foster father, Onoh Ojukwu.

Bamidele, who works for the State Prison Investigation Division (SCID) Panti, Yaba’s murder division, revealed this underneath cross-examination by Chidinma’s legal professional, Onwuka Egwu, in the course of the trial-within-a-trial.

Chidinma, a College of Lagos scholar finding out mass communication on the 300 stage, is accused of killing Ataga.

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Together with Adedapo Quadri and her sister Chioma Egbuchu, she can also be accused of stealing and Forgery.

On October 29, 2022, DSP Bamidele described to the court docket the conclusions of his investigation group and the way Chidinma confessed to killing Ataga throughout a combat in his resort room.

The court docket deferred the case till yesterday on the request of Chidinma’s authorized group in an effort to conduct a trial-within-a-trial to find out whether or not Chidinma’s assertion was produced underneath duress.

Chidinma, foster father lied about Ataga’s dying – Police

Bamidele claimed throughout cross-examination that his group unintentionally found data suggesting Chidinma was having a romantic relationship together with his foster father, Ojukwu.

“We discovered intelligence that there was an amorous (sexual) relationship between the primary defendant (chidinma) and her foster father throughout our detention of Mr. Ojukwu,” he said.

That offered us a sign that Mr. Ojukwu was not being truthful and that he knew concerning the offence for which Chidinma is at present on trial.

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“We found that she was hiding the reality. We additionally proved that the primary defendant’s mom by no means gave her consent for Ojukwu to have custody of the kid, and it was on this foundation that we charged him in court docket alongside the opposite three defendants on the Justice of the Peace Court docket in order that the decide may decide whether or not or not he merited bail.

The court docket was additionally given an outline of the arrests of Chidinma and Mr. Ojukwu by Bamidele, who argued that the right procedures had been adopted when acquiring their statements from the police station.

Trial adjournment was granted by Justice Yetunde Adesanya till November 10.

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