A magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos State, has remanded Miss Chidinma Ojukwu in prison for 30 days over the murderer of the CEO of Super TV, Usifo Ataga.
The Police in Lagos had brought the mass communication student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) before the court on Monday.
Chidinma was arraigned alongside two other suspects.
The magistrate, Adeola Adedayo, however ruled that she be remanded in prison for the stipulated days pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
Ataga was stabbed to death and left in the pool of his own blood inside a Lagos hotel on June 15.
Chidinma was subsequently arrested in connection with the murder.
The 21-year-old student had earlier confessed to stabbing Ataga “twice on the neck side,” alleging that the businessman forcibly had sex with her.
“I threw the knife to the bed and he was going for it but I also went for it. He dragged the knife with me and it broke and he fell on the floor,” she had said.
But Chidinma recanted her previous confession that she killed the Super TV CEO.
“I don’t know what happened when I left the room to buy food. Because of what I did after by not alerting the police and also withdrawing money from his account, I feel guilty for what happened but I did not kill him,” Chidinma said.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, later announced that more suspects have been arrested in the case.