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Authorities of the University of Lagos are considering the suspension of one of its undergraduates, Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly knifed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death.
Sources in the university’s Senate, on Friday, stated that the student’s action was contrary to the provisions of the institution’s Students Handbook and would be suspended.
A professor at the university, who spoke on condition of anonymity, in a chat with Punch noted that “there is no two ways, she will be suspended.”
He revealed that the suspect would at least be suspended pending the result of the police investigation.
A dean in one of the faculties in the university also revealed that the student would not be able to escape suspension based on the alleged misconduct.
He said, “We don’t just suspend like that. A committee will examine the situation, including the video where she confessed before taking a decision. But I do not think she can escape suspension.’’
TheNewsGuru recalls that Chidinma, a 300-level student in UNILAG’s Department of Mass Communication, had on Thursday confessed to stabbing Ataga to death while being paraded at the state police command headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos State.
During her parade, she also confessed to withdrawing N380,000 from the deceased’s account to pay her school fees.
The undergraduate also told newsmen in Lagos that she stabbed Super TV CEO Michael Ataga to death in self defence.
The student, who said she was arrested at her residence at Alagomeji, Yaba, said that she met Ataga about four months ago.
Ataga, whose wife and children reside in Abuja, was first reported missing by concerned friends and family after all efforts to reach him proved abortive.