A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Olusegun Bamidele told the Lagos High Court that Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected murderer of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, admitted to spiking late Ataga’s drink.
Bamidele told Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island during the resumed trial of Chidinma on Thursday.
Ojukwu, a 300-level, Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos (Unilag), is facing trial for the offense alongside her sister, Chioma Egbuchu, and one Adedapo Quadri.
Bamidele who is serving with the homicide department of the State Criminal Investigating Department (SCID) Yaba, was answering questions about the incident while being cross-examined by the defence counsel, Mr. Onwuka Egwu.
At the resumption of the cross-examination, a video displaying the last moments of the deceased, Ataga, and the suspect, Chidinma was played to ascertain the items in the video as listed in the evidence given to the court as exhibits.
Egwu asked the witness to confirm that the items were handed over to him in the state they were seen in the video.
“The belt and the sneaker were put together in a nylon bag while the key was used in removing the car from the compound to Maroko police station. There was no blood stains on them.
“In your record of August 20, 2021, you reported finding a blood-stained t-shirt, confirm that the blood-stained t-shirt was not tendered here”, Egwu said.
“The t-shirt counsel is referring to wasn’t brought here to the court because the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) people took it for analysis”, answered the officer.
“So this t-shirt has not been tendered”? the counsel asked.
“It’s not in this court, it’s at the DNA office, the witness answered.
“So you can’t confirm the DNA of the blood on that t-shirt?, asked Egwu.
“I cannot confirm”. Bamidele replied.
“Can you confirm that the nylon she entered the place with is conspicuously on the table”.
“Yes,” replied Bamidele.
“Did you find out what was in that bag? “ asked Egwu.
“The essence of the video was to establish that the defendant and the deceased were there, so I didn’t look into the nylon. She denied knowing the deceased at first instance. I didn’t get to know what was in the bag”, said Bamidele.
The witness was also questioned on the electronic gadgets recovered.
