The Lago state police command says it has arrested the father of the Univerity of Lagos student, Chidinma Ojukwu, 21 , who allegedly killed the CEO of Super TV, Usifo Ataga.
Punch quoted the official of the command saying that that Chidinman was arrested alongside her father at their Yaba residence on Wednesday
According to the source, her father was arrested following his initial attempt to allegedly resist Chidinma’s arrest by becoming violent with the police officers.
According to the source, he was being detained at the state criminal investigation and intelligence department in Panti, Yaba.
The source added that the student’s father was shocked by her daughter’s confession to the crime on Thursday, noting that prior to that, he never believed in the allegations against her.
“She (Chidinma) stays with her dad. Her dad and mom don’t live together. Her father was arrested on Wednesday because he resisted his daughter’s arrest. He never believed that his daughter committed any crime until Thursday. He is at Panti as we speak, but he was not paraded today (Thursday),” the source was quoted as saying.
Chidinma, who is said to be a 300-level student in the Department of Mass Communication, UNILAG confessed to stabbing Ataba multiple times to death while being paraded at the state police command headquarters, Ikeja
