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Court Orders Chidimma Ojukwu Co-suspects Enter Defense Over Ataga's Death
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/court-orders-chidimma-ojukwu-co-suspects-enter-defense-over-atagas-death/06/12/2024/
#Law #Adedayo #Ataga #Chidimma #Chioma #Egbuchu #Lagos #Micheal #Ojukwu #Quadri #SuperTV #Usifo ©December 6th, 2024 ®December 6, 2024 4:36 am Lagos State High Court on Thursday ordered that Chidimma Ojukwu’s co-suspects to enter defense over the allegations of criminal conspiracy and killing of Super TV CEO, Michael Usifo Ataga on June 16, 2021 when the deceased media personnel had love making moments with the then 21 years old Chidimma Ojukwu who made three seperate confessional statements, viz: 1, she singlehandedly stabbed Ataga to death, 2, she unintentionally stabbed Ataga to death in self defense during a fight, and 3, she knows nothing about Ataga’s death, saying, she went out of the hotel room to buy something, only to come back and met the Super TV CEO lifeless with bloodstains in the hotel room. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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Legos State high court on Thursday
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ordered that chinima uku Co supect to
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enter defense over the allegations of
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criminal conspiracy and killing of super
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TV CEO Michael O for ATA on June 16th
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2021 when the deceased media Personnel
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had love making moments with the than 21
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years old Chima ojuko who made three
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separate confessional statements these
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one she single-handedly stoed ATA to
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death two she unintentionally stoed ATA
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to death in sde during a fight and three
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she knows nothing about ata's death
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saying she went out of the hotel room to
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buy something only to come back and met
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the super TV CEO lifeless with blood STS
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in the hotel room the deprived suspect
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chida uku did not make any submission
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when the case came up on Thursday but
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the second and third defendants for usif
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at murder case Chu and AD qu on Thursday
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presented a no case submission to cour
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demanding that the court should dismiss
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all charges against them but the
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prosecution team opposed the application
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stating that the have presented full
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evidence to court that implicated the
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Dow Chena oju and Ado quadri have been
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in prison since 2021 when police brought
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up allegations that show they are fully
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involved in the murder of
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atafu Justice yday at of the Legos State
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High Court sitting at the T Bala Square
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on Thursday ordered the two Chima uku
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co- suspects to open their defense she
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and cadri are faing the first to eight
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counts bothering on conspiracy murder
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and staring while her sister U is facing
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the ninth count of stealing an iPhone 7
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belonging to the late ataga the two were
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alleged to have conspired and mured
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ataga on June 16th 2021 by stabbing him
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several times with a knife in the neck
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and chest
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the incident occurred at number 19 at De
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aan Street Ley first one Legos according
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to punch newspaper at the resumed
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hearing of the trial on Thursday the
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second and third defendants who had
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earlier filed a no case submission
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challenging the trial asked the court to
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dismiss all charges against them the
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second defendants Council babat bueri
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and the third defendants Council miaka
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argued that the prosecution had failed
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to establish any material evidence for
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their clients to enter defense in the
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case in his response to the application
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the state's prosecution Yu sulle
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objected to the submission and lached
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the court to dismiss the second
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defendant's no case submission
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application he said the prosecution has
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put forward material evidence linking
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the second defendant to the charges
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against him we call upon him to enter
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his defense in response to the third
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defendant's application the prosecution
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filed a response on November 27 2024 as
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per argument in response to this case we
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urg the court to dismiss the application
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for a no case submission as the
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prosecution has established material
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evidence of a stoning phone in the case
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we however call upon the third defendant
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to enter her defense Justice here today
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add had dismissed the no Cas submission
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of the second and third defendants she
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ordered them to open their defense the
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judge thereafter adj joed the case till
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February 20th 2025 for continuation of
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trial meanwhile after nearly 2 years the
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autopsy report of chidimma uku and usifo
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ata's mother case was read in court in
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line with the testimony of the former
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Vice Chancellor of the Legos State
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University professor John of baa usifer
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ATA was killed by two people and wasn't
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dropped as claimed by the police during
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cross examination Professor obaa stated
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that the claim by the police that oo ATA
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was sedated with a dead drug ribal in a
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beat to the S was false he noted that
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the quantity of roh no sin in ARA's
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bloodstream wasn't enough to sedent him
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and was
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insignificant the forensic pathologist
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also confirmed that autopsy results
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revealed that the two deadly STS that
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killed ATA were inflicted on his ampet
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and loss of blood Professor obamus also
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noted that a double eded knife was used
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during the attack and there was a high
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possibility that there were two asants
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who inflicted the injuries the former
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lassu VC further stated that unlike in
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other cases he was unable to visit the
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crime scene and the photographs and
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photos the police sent to him had no
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connection with the in he also deved the
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claims of the police that ATA was
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restrained during the attack instead he
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noted that he tried to defend himself
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which was why he was stabbed in his P
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Professor obaa also noted that the
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attack on Ara was inflicted by a
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right-handed person he said this
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explains why most of the star wounds and
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CS were to the left side of the victim's
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body my first contact with the cops was
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in July
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2021 death occurred on the 16th of June
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2021 I resed alarm with the police on
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how to conduct an autopsy after over 3
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weeks of death I went further to ask
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them is there's no sin to visit do you
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have photographs I had no opportunity to
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visit the crime scene the pictures and
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videos sent to me by the police have no
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bearing with the scene it shows just
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people drinking at a bar Professor OB
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was stated earlier in
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2021 Barista Franklin USU causing
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brother to let super TV CEO Michael oo
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ARA has made statement indicating there
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is more to the true killer or killers of
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the media chief executive officer
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barister Franklin Wu while speaking in a
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television program with crown Fighters
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reporter said his cousin brother hands
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were tied badly that the Rope enters his
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skin barister Franklin Wu said the
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suspect cha ojuko currently helping
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police in the investigation could not
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have been the only one that tied Michael
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usifo ATA and stabed him to death
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Barista Franklin said Michael usifo
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ataga is the third son out of the four
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children the parents had I oif for ATA
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is someone who always liked to do
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business he said Michael oif for ATA was
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stabbed at the stomach and the cut was
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so deep and white that the muary
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attendant in his present talk to of his
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fingers threw the hole into the dead
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body Franklin said when he looked at the
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way and manner his cousin brother was St
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deliberately and repeatedly at the Jula
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and other parts of the body he looked at
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the dead body again five times and
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looked at chid mauku he concluded it's
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not possible the 21-year-old lady as at
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2021 was merely the one that carried out
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the killing Franklin Wu statement is
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considered more important at the moment
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when many Nigerians and the world were
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shocked yesterday 2021 to the media
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statement credited to the suspected
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killer chinma uku that she knows nothing
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about the killing of Michael luif ataga
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chinma oju in the most recent interview
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with CR Fighters reporter said she went
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out to buy some food items and returning
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to the hotel room she met Michael us for
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ARA lifeless on the ground with blood St
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on the bed and other places in the room
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she said she could not scream to avoid
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being arrested she again admitted that
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she withdrawn money from ataga bank
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account via the deceased ATM card after
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the death has occurred chinuku said she
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changed her clothes before leaving the
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hotel room on that fful day because
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there was blood stain on the former
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clothes she wore chin ojuko could not
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give further clarification on how her
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clothes got sted with blood it could not
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also be ascertained if the crown
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Fighters reporter was aware of the
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earlier confessional statements made by
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chimar uku to other media houses as
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there were no question cross examining
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the suspect former statements and the
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current
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you reports that the suspect chuku have
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submitted three vers or accounts over
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Michael for ARA death when chinima oju
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was paraded before group of journalists
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she admitted killing Michael us for atab
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during a fight she added that that the
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deceased was even pushing her
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unfortunately the deceased friend issued
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a statement dismissing the luk at like
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rights to self-defense story of chid
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mauku adding that ATA was tied forced to
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provide his company Account Details and
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millions of NRA was on the process being
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moved to unknown account until the
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customer Bank blocked the account and
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terminated the transaction process and
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ATA was subsequently stabbed repeatedly
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to death thereafter cha oju in an
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interview with the NTA reporter admitted
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that she tied Michael us for ATA hands
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while he was asleep and stabbed him
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repeatedly to death when arguments
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occurred the third version which is the
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latest of chma uku accounts is that she
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know nothing about Michael usifo ata's
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death she came back to the hotel room
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and met him lifeless she secretly left
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the hotel to avoid arrest
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your name is
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what Adora yeah okay you're from where
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ABIA State ABIA which part of ABIA aruku
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aruku which part of
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[Music]
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AR Okay so just tell us what happened so
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that we don't have to ask you too many
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questions and we said just roll tell us
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what happened that day the day you guys
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checked in how you met him just tell us
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everything relationship
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with so um he he asked me to get a
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shortlet where we can stay so I got it
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and
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then babe let us then what add you ask
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that's the only way we can
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make so um I checked for it online and
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then I sent it I sent to him he he said
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I should go check it out then I went to
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check it out and then um he paid for
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it that was how it is that day which day
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was that on Sunday okay from Sunday what
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happened while you were together just
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tell
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us on Monday we were together
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drinking smoking we had fun time I went
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to get food
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for all of us um both of us I mean and
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then that was what happened then on
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Tuesday um it was trying to make
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advances on me which I was tired but it
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became violent on it so I had he he got
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his way which I I let him and then um in
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the afternoon towards afternoon um we
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ordered for smoke
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water for smoke and also roofies
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together so that what we took and then
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we ate the food that we we had on
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Monday so we became high and he I wasn't
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happy for the first one he did so I was
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still on my own just smoking and
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drinking with my food that I've eaten so
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it was on his own couch then he came on
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to me while I was watching movie we're
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both watching movie so he came on to me
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and was like I was like no that I'm not
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happy with what you did in the first
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one and then I was like you don't help
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me you don't assist me in anything but
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yet you just you just playing with me
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around and then he was like oh okay take
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my ATM now I can go and withdraw what
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you want
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and then he said the pin I was like that
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that's not what I mean that's not what I
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meant so he became vence or trying to
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get to me and I was resisting and
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defending myself and at some point he he
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had he EIT my head on the wall and I
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also retaliated and also as some point
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it was choking me which I was on the
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kitchen cabinet I Le on the kitchen
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cabinet while he was choking me and then
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I stretched out the knife and then I
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stabbed his neck mhm and what else sorry
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please hold on luo is the third son in
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the family of four he has two other
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brothers um and the younger sister and
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his siblings they all live abroad Ando
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grew up as a child who was raised by
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very good parents in a christianly
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manner and he is a guy who's always had
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business in his DNA he's always liked to
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do business but what I'll tell you about
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is thato is very
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respectable will never hurt a flyo loves
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peopleo goes beyond the immedate family
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to know his cousins to know his uncles
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I've had
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the very regrettable privilege of seeing
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that dead body five
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times my cousin's
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hands were tied so badly that the Rope
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entered his King the Rope is right there
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as an exhibit with the police
14:40
that binding could not have been done by
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that lady alone not possible even if he
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was drugged it is not possible
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because I saw the lady and I saw my
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cousin said this is not possible apart
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from the fact that he was
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tied there were multiple stabs on his
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body that is correct multiple so that
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story of two stabs and neck is not true
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he was stabbed in other places his
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leg in fact in
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Yaba
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M the attendance were so dramatic that
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they told us clearly the stab in here
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was so bad that is a hole the guy stuck
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his two fingers into my cousin's body in
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my
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presence I am serious the Doppler vein
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he was stabbed deliberately so was just
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stab on the neck no he was stabed on the
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dler vein twice he was stabbed on his
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body multiply he doesn't talk much about
15:37
himself it's quite busy like a busy
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person I would say that he at some point
15:45
time got to know that he likes to carry
15:48
girls like and he smokes he drinks and
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takes drug also so I don't know deep
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about him it's but he gets angry easily
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he has issue with his wife so but his
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children is what is Target at family man
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he wasn't into Happy married life or
16:14
something was just more of cing for his
16:16
kids I can't remember some of his
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friends that I met but like remember
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their faces kind of really old get names
16:26
but I've met with people that said
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friend something I don't have 10 million
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in my bank account I have like 400 or
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500 Mich gave me um his laptop he had
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two laptops so I told him that I wanted
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laptop so he gave me one and that was
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what I sold to get the money so it's m I
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wasn't doing no when I was with him
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anymore I was getting more from the him
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than doing the ushering so there was no
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need
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um ushering ushering can be 15K 20K it
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gives me more than the ushering what did
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you the apartment where it was said it
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was leaking so then they said I should
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br they said it was free and I was free
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so like let's SP see um it was
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Sunday 13 I decided to check online
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about the um
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shortl because it
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said didn't
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want not be near so like it's fun like
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being in the house or
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something so that was when I decided to
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check for a shortl so I sent it to him
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and he said it was okay then he said I
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should go check the place out so I
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checked it and it say okay then he made
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payment it sent 105 five that was for
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like 4
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days after I paid the money so after
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like one her he came when he came then
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we went to get food we went out to eat
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and also get drinks I just be we just
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Indo watching movie drinking smoking he
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woke up before me but I was still
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feeling
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sleepy and dizzy because of the SM drink
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and the drug so he ask what what we I
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need like what we need so I like um we
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need to buy Food and Drug because the
18:44
the Dr that brought already finished it
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sends the money to their account why the
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other one it gave me the card because I
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was trying to make
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payment and it didn't go through so so
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he gave me the card I didn't have access
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to this card but I I know the pink code
19:05
before I was leaving it stood up to lock
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the door but when I got in I was
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knocking as there was no answer I opened
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the door was already open like it wasn't
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locked
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and the duv was on the floor plus
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pillows the the bed the couch was facing
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the
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door and the bed was stained with um
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blood
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already
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and um the
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floor where he was was
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blood and
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then music was on the TV was on the room
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was already disarranged like someone
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broken
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then I saw him on the floor I didn't
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know what to do I took my things with
20:06
his thing and left I was just I was
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afraid I didn't know if I have raised a
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larm they would have arrested me for
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doing it because I and him were just the
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only people in the room I was I just I
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just left I was parking my things to
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leave then I noticed that my clothes was
20:30
stain so I changed it to another I took
20:34
the bag that contain is ID and documents
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bank statements my bag was already on
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the floor I met my bag on the floor and
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then the stuffs it was with
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was was on the TV set that's where the
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stuff I took was on on the TV set so I
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just packed them and just put them into
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the lon and left I took his phone um the
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following week I was home then I went
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out to withdraw some money from the um
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ATM that I was with I
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[Music]
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200 before that day um on Tuesday he
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already told me that he's going to give
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me the money that I requested for and
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when I came out when I was arrested and
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they saying I made away with 5 million n
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there was no 5 milliona in the account I
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just did it it's not like I had
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something to do with his Deb I never had
21:45
anything to do it his
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death the lady
21:51
that the the apartment from I had to
21:56
message her that she should please
21:59
probably send the security guy to check
22:01
on
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him that I haven't
22:05
seen I haven't had from him that's what
22:09
I said to her and they came to my house
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and they arrested me took me to
22:18
Station I didn't involve anybody I don't
22:22
know who must have come into the
22:24
apartment definitely somebody did that
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but I don't know who that person is I
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don't know what happened when I left to
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buy the food I don't know because of the
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thing I did after not alerting police
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and then also V money I feel guilty for
22:45
what happened I did not kill him sure I
22:49
did not kill him but my doing taking his
22:54
money and not reporting the police I
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believe that somebody knew where we were
23:02
and
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then waited till I left before they
23:06
could enter the pressure and people when
23:11
I was confed security guy and it was
23:13
like no nobody entered into the
23:16
apartment that it was just me that
23:19
entered into the
23:20
apartment and knowing for well what I
23:24
did withdrawing his money I just took
23:26
the blame on myself that
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since No One Believes let me just take
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it no one is influencing my
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statements I've not spoken to anybody my
23:38
relation or anybody I've just been in
23:41
the in the self since on bringing you
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