Fatal attraction: Why did slain Usifo Ataga cheat on pretty wife?

The Police in Lagos yesterday paraded 21 year-old Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu, a part-time student of the Mass Communication Department, University of Lagos as the prime suspect in the murder of Michael Usifo Ataga, the CEO of Super TV.

The suspect, according to sources, has not stepped into school since last year, after the lockdown was imposed.

The death of Ataga has sent shock waves across the nation, with many asking what the motive behind the killing could be.

As the images of Chidinma were shared across news and blogging platforms on Thursday, the photos of Ataga’s wife, Brenda also surfaced, triggering some puzzles on man-woman relationship and in this case, a fatal attraction.

Brenda, Ataga’s wife, is by all standards, a beautiful woman. She is also not all about beauty. She is a professional in the oil and gas sector and the mother of Ataga’s two children.

Some Puzzle: What would have made Ataga cheat on his wife, to pursue a side chick, that is heading towards dropping out of school.

Unfortunately, the only person that can answer the question is dead and cold in the morgue.

But were he around, he must have borne great shame for the public embarrassment and pain his infidelity has brought his wife and children.

According to her bio in circulation, Brenda, the wife of Michael Ataga, works as the National Project Coordinator of the LPG Gas Expansion Programme, in the office of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva.

She had previously served as the Special Adviser on Downstream and Infrastructure between 2015 and 2019 to another Minister of State, Emmanuel Kachikwu.

She is a Mid/Downstream Commercial Strategist and a 2018 Nominee of the prestigious Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu Fellowship.

She has over 15 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry.

Brenda founded the NGO – True Foundation – which focuses on community and human capacity training for Women and Youths.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from the University of Lagos, BA Business Management from Lincoln University and an LLM from the University of Salford.

Before joining public service, Brenda held key leadership positions in private sector, where she attained recognition as the first female and first under 30 to serve in the capacity of Supply Manager at OANDO PLC (West Africa).

Juxtapose Brenda’s extremely rich resume with that of junked 21-year-old Chidinma, whose system is filled with drugs, and you will wish Ataga is around to answer the questions.