A new twist has been introduced into story of the suspected killer of Super TV boss, Usifo Ataga, as information emerges that the 300 level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu’s father is actually dead.
The father that the public has identified with is allegedly his adopted father, as Chidinma was said to have run away from her mother’s care as a youngster.
According to Vanguard newspaper, family sources claim that Chidinma who is not from a broken home as she insinuated, disowned her family due to some misunderstanding she had with her widowed mother many years ago.
The family sources claim her first step after the fallout with her mum was to change her original name: Chidinma Blessing Echefu, to Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu.
One of her siblings identified simply as Chioma told detectives that they lost their father when Chidinma was barely two years old.
Her mother was said to have remarried and she reportedly carried her children into her new home.
It was gathered that Chidinma’s lifestyle took the turn for the worse and this led to the mother scolding her persistently.
She was alleged to have been discovered to be smoking when she was barely 11 years, an action that provoked her mother to chastise her.
According to the family sources, the misunderstanding between Chidinma and her mum continued, forcing her to take the then-teenage Chidinma to her Uncle’s house in Mushin where she reportedly continued to smoke and was ultimately thrown out.
The sources said she continued to be rebellious to the point of staying away from her family. It was at this point that she met Ojukwu, who took her into his Yaba abode, from where she was picked last week Wednesday.
Her mother who presently resides in Mowe area of Ogun State, was said to have told some of her relatives that she has not set her eyes on Chidinma for 10 years.
Childinma’s sister, Chioma, corroborated this claim when she visited the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Yaba.
Chioma told detectives that the man identified as her father, Mr. Ojukwu, is actually not related to her family. She claimed that they were from Imo State and not Abia State as earlier disclosed by Chidinma.
Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department SCID Lagos are still probing the case.
