The Lagos State Police Command have arrested the father of Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death.
A top police source who spoke on the condition of anonymity with Punch, disclosed that the suspect and her father were arrested at their residence, No. 57 Akinwunmi Street, Alagomeji, Yaba, on Wednesday.
The source disclosed that the father of the Unilag undergraduate was arrested for resisting his daughter’s arrest and for becoming violent with policemen, who went to apprehend her.
The source further stated that the father of the suspect did not believe that his daughter committed any crime until she confessed on Thursday.
It was disclosed he was being detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba.
“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 stated.
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