House of Rep's Ask Police To Respect Chidinma Ojukuwu's Rights

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The House of Representatives on Wednesday warned that the suspected killer of Super TV MD, Miss. Chidinma Ojukwun must not die in the custody of the Nigeria Police Force.

In a resolutions passed by the lawmakers during plenary, the house also called on the police to “conduct  proper investigation into the matter and refrain from parading Ms. Chidinma around to grant interviews on the matter under investigation.”

The House further called on the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to “call all police personnel to order and ensure that there is no repeat of this violation of  human rights and media access to arrested persons in the future, to avoid compromising the case in a court of law.”

In addition, the House said the IGP must ensure that “Ms. Ojukwu (the accused) does not die in custody or commit suicide while awaiting trial .

Similarly, the Lagos state commissioner of police on Tuesday stated that more suspects in connection with the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga have been arrested.

CP, Hakeem Odumosu, made this known during a parade of some suspects at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Wednesday, without giving details.

“We have established a case of conspiracy in the murder and we have arrested more suspects,” he said.

Ataga, whose wife and children reside in Abuja, was first reported missing by concerned friends and family after all efforts to reach him proved abortive.

Later, officers of the Lagos State Police Command found Ataga’s lifeless body in a flat in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos with multiple wounds on June 16.

Chidinma, a 300-level student in UNILAG’s Department of Mass Communication, later confessed to stabbing Ataga to death while being paraded at the state police command headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos State on June 24.

But in a video that went viral on Monday, the undergraduate denied killing the Super TV CEO – a claim that is contrary to her initial confession.