A Yaba Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded Chidinma Ojukwu, prime suspect in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, for 30 day
Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo made the order following an application by police counsel Cyril Ejiofor.
Mrs Adedayo also remanded Ojukwu’s co-defendant Adedapo Quadri on the same terms.
Ejiofor had prayed the court to remand Ojukwu in police custody pending the issuance of a Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) report on the matter.
“The remand is to enable the DPP come up with legal advice. We pray for the remand of the defendants for the first 30 days in the first instance,” he said.
Director, Office of the Public Defender (OPD) Dr Babajide Martins, who announced appearance for Chidinma, complained the prosecution failed to furnish the defence with the remand application.
Nevertheless, he declined to oppose Ejiofor’s prayer “in principle.”
“I have just been privileged to get a copy of the remand application.
“I have not been able to go through it, my learned friend’s application is inevitable, I would have been happier, if I was obliged of the application earlier.
“The application will not be opposed, in principle,” Martins said.
Quadri had no legal representation.
In a bench ruling, Mrs Adedayo granted the prosecution’s prayer.
