A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has adjourned the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu for the death of the CEO of Super TV Usifo Ataga until April due to absence of a prosecution witness.
Ojukwu, her sister Chioma Egbuchu, and one Adedapo Quadri, are standing trial for charges bordering on murder, stealing and forgery.
At the resumption of trial on Monday, the prosecution counsel A. O. Oluwafemi, who is also deputy director of Lagos State directorate public prosecutions, told the court that a prosecution witness, billed to testify, was not in court.
She prayed that earlier dates for continuation of hearing of the case be vacated to enable prosecution to get toxicology and deoxyribonucleic acid results needed for the trial.
Oluwafemi said the results were not available yet, adding that the next witness would be examined with those documents.
Justice Yetunde Adesanya consequently vacated the dates, and adjourned the proceedings until April 25 for the continuation of trial.
A police officer Inspector Ibrahim Isaka gave his testimony on February 17
Isiaka, the sixth prosecution witness, narrated how police allegedly discovered Ataga in the pool of his own blood on June 16, 2021.
Ojukwu and Quadri are facing the first to eight counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, stabbing, forgery, making of bank statements and stealing.
The third defendant, Egbuchu, is facing the ninth count – stealing of iPhone 7 belonging to the late Ataga.
