Trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu for the murder of Usifo Ataga, Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, was on Monday stalled due to the absence of a prosecution witness.
Ojukwu is standing trial before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tarfa Tafawa Balewa Square.
Chidinma is charged with murder, stealing and forgery alongside her sister, Chioma Egbuchu, and one Adedapo Quadri.
On Monday, prosecution counsel, Mrs A. O. Oluwafemi, also Deputy Director of Lagos State Directorate Public Prosecutions, told the court that a prosecution witness, billed to testify, was not in court.
She prayed that earlier dates for continuation of hearing of the case be vacated to enable prosecution to get toxicology and Deoxyribonucleic Acid results needed for the trial.
Oluwafemi said the results were not available yet, adding that the next witness would be examined with those documents.
Justice Yetunde Adesanya consequently vacated the dates, and adjourned the proceedings until April 25 for the continuation of trial.
