Police officer Inspector Ibrahim Isaka on Thursday narrated before a Lagos High Court how the police discovered Usifo Ataga, chief executive officer of Super TV, in a pool of blood.
Mr Isiaka, the sixth prosecution witness, testified in the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu and two others over Ataga’s death.
He told the court that on June 16, 2021, a case of murder was reported at his place of work, Maroko Police Station.
According to him, at 11:30 pm, Nkechi Mogbo came to the station and reported that a body was discovered at her short-service facility.
Mogbo told the police that a security guard and cleaner forcefully opened the door and discovered Ataga in a pool of blood, he said.
The witness further said the divisional police officer (DPO) and the divisional crime officer (DCO) also went to the crime scene.
“The DPO immediately called the Emergency Unit at Yaba General Hospital, the hospital came and evacuated the corpse. The following morning, June 17, the commissioner of police advised that the case be transferred to the Homicide Section, Panti,” Isiaka said.
He added that a police team from Panti asked him to follow the team to the crime scene and he did.
The police found some clothes and a bag in the apartment and collected the items for investigation, he said.
Justice Yetunde Adesanya adjourned the case until February 21 for the continuation of trial.
