The family of late Usifo Ataga, the Super TV CEO stabbed to
death, has threatened to sue bloggers whom they allege are “peddling falsehoods”
about his murder case.
Last Tuesday, Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level mass
communication student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), with whom Ataga
lodged in the hotel where he died, was arrested for inflicting the wounds that
claimed his life.
However, the 21-year-old, who was paraded at the Lagos state
police command, had later alleged that the media businessman forcefully had sex
with her, prior to a second attempt that resulted in a violent confrontation.
Amid multiple reports on it, the development spurred a
flurry of reactions and conspiracy theories on social media.
Rickey Tarfa & Co, solicitor to the family, has charged
those behind what it termed “malicious publications” to refrain from
“falsehoods” that infringed on the integrity of the deceased, his wife, and
children or face a lawsuit.
They alleged that some of such claims have been planted by
culpable parties as “a smokescreen to cover their tracks.”
In a statement signed by Olusegun Jolaawo (SAN) on behalf of
the law firm, the family further urged the general public
to allow the police conduct their investigations without any distraction or
interference.
Ataga’s family demanded that “false publications and the
several ordinarily unrelated stories and pictures” of the deceased and his wife
Brenda be pulled down or an action to seek redress in court for libel and
slander may follow.
“We know Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu has been arrested. Yes, we
know that investigation is continuing. Our client is however convinced that
there is much more to this than is already apparent from the police
investigation,” the statement reads.
“It has become apparent even to the most undiscerning reader
that, from the variety and inherent malice in most of the said publications
that they are planted to embarrass and malign Usifo Ataga, Brenda Ataga, and
the family.”
They called for an in-depth investigation of the murder,
urging the police to go beyond just arresting the suspect.
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