The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old student of University of Lagos in connection with the murder of chief executive officer of Super TV, Michael Usifo Ataga.
Ataga was murdered last week at the Lekki area of the state.
He was found a day to his 50th birthday with multiple stab wounds.
According to the commissioner of police Hakeem Odumosu, the suspect identified as Chidimma Ojukwu confessed to the crime.
He said she was arrested at her parents’ residence in the Yaba area of the state on Wednesday night.
He added that the owner of the rented apartment where the incident took place had been arrested while Mr Ataga’s bank account had been blocked to prevent unauthorised withdrawals.
The 300-level student of Mass Communication, said she had been in a romantic relationship with Ataga for about four months before the ugly incident occurred on June 15, 2021, at a Short Service Apartment, situated at No 19, Adewale Oshin Street, Lekki, Phase 1, Lagos.
According to her, she and Ataga were “having fun” when an argument broke out and she stabbed him twice.
“We were in the lodge smoking. He was trying to make advances on me. I was tired and he became violent on it. I let him have his way.
“Towards afternoon, he ordered roofies. We took it together and ate food. He became high. I was still not happy with the first one (sex) that we had, so, I was staying on my own, smoking and drinking. He, too, was on his own.
“He came to me and I was like I am not happy with what he did. I was like, ‘You don’t help me, you don’t assist me with anything, you are just playing with me around’. He was like, ‘Take my ATM and withdraw what you want’.
“He later became violent trying to get to me and I was resisting and defending myself. At some point, he hit my head on the wall and I also retaliated.
“At some point, he was chasing me around the kitchen cabinet. I took a knife and stabbed his neck. I approached the door and he followed me. I stabbed him twice on the neck side. I threw the knife to the bed and he was going for it but I also went for it. He dragged the knife with me and it broke and he fell on the floor.”
She said that after stabbing the late CEO, she withdrew N380,000 from his account using his ATM card.
