A businessman Ifeoluwa Oluwo on Thursday narrated to a Lagos High Court, sitting at Tafa Balewa Square (TBS), of how Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, sold an Apple MacBook Laptop, of the deceased to him.
Oluwo, the witness said that he bought the Laptop from the first defendant, for the sum of N495,000, after negotiations, on June 18, 2021, (two days after the body of Ataga was found at the short service apartment in Lekki).
The witness told the court that it was after the sale of the Laptop, that they saw her (defendant) face on social media, regarding a murder case connected to her, and that the name was very familiar to the customer they had business with earlier, so he ensured that all her documents were kept handy.
Oluwo stated this in the ongoing trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos (first defendant), and two others over Ataga’s murder.
Ojukwu is standing trial alongside her sister, Chioma Egbuchu, and one Adedapo Quadri.
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The witness said he deals in the sale of phones, laptops and accessories at Computer Village, and had been in the business for five years
Oluwo who is the third prosecution witness (PW3), was led in evidence in chief by the Lagos State prosecuting counsel, Mr. Yusuf Sule .
Chidinma, had on June 13, 2021, requested the short service apartment where Ataga was found dead and left the apartment on June 15, before the corpse of Ataga was discovered on June 16, 2021.
The witness who testified before Justice Yetunde Adesanya, and identified the first defendant (Chidinma), narrated that she was a customer, who made a purchase of a phone on April 30, 2021 and also made a sale of her laptop on June 18, 2021, at the same office.
He told the court that they buy and sell brand new phones and fairly used phones.
Oluwo said: “On June 18, 2021, she (Chidinma) sold a MacBook Pro Laptop, which was sold for N495,000, after negotiations and market value comparison.
“In order to make a sale you have to submit some documents and fill in a form, your government identification card, i.e driver’s licence, international passport, voter’s card, NIN.
“You also have to fill in a form which includes email, phone number, house address, full name, it will also contain the full value of the item, for that day, the name of the item and the serial number of the item, this is what we do to contact customer if there is any issue,” he said.
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