Following suggestions of conspiracy theories surrounding the murder of the CEO of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, the police in Lagos State have said that the command will look beyond 21 -year -old Chindinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect.
Since the news broke of the death of Ataga, the social media space has been awash with Ataga’s killing, with most suggesting that murder may be beyond Chidinma alone.
This theory has continued to gather strenght, particularly when one considers Chidinma’s journey, from the time she booked for the service charged apartment with a fake identity by calling with a foreign number, the fake drivers’ license bearing her picture and fake name and other fake documents.
While briefing newsmen, the state police command disclosed that it has already deployed the newly created ICT/ tracking unit at the State Criminal Investigations Department, Panti, Yaba, to adopt scientific and forensic measures of unraveling crimes and criminality in Lagos.
A police source, who refused to be named said the police were “exploring all avenues and probabilities on the case.”
The police source also added that “it is a very serious case and the command will look at all rumours and facts of the matter in the course of our investigations. The image-maker in charge of the state police command, Muyiwa Adejobi, also told Sunday Tribune that they would “expand the scope” of investigations.”
Adejobi said, “We have commenced thorough investigation into the matter and the command will expand the scope of its investigation to unravel the murder of Mr Michael Usifo Ataga and arrest anyone found culpable.”
The police image-maker also assured that “Justice must be seen to have been done in the case.”
The deceased Super TV boss was on June 15 at about 5:30 pm murdered at a rented apartment in Lekki Phase 1.
The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, while speaking to newsmen, accused the arrested suspect of stealing the deceased’s Iphone.
