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How I Bought Laptop Belonging To Late Usifo Ataga From Chidinma For N495k – Businessman Narrates
The third prosecution witness within the ongoing trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged homicide suspect of Tremendous TV chief government officer, Usifo Ataga yesterday claimed that he purchased the deceased Laptop computer from the primary defendant for the sum of N495,000.
The witness, Ifeoluwa Oluwo, who described himself as businessman that offers within the gross sales of telephones, laptops and equipment at Pc Village in Lagos, testified that he purchased the laptop computer on June 18, 2021, two days after the physique of Autauga was discovered on the brief service house in Lekki.
He informed Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State Excessive Courtroom sitting on the Tafawa Balewa Sq. (TBS) that it was some 5 days after the transaction that he found that the defendant was paraded by the police on social media for homicide.
The 22-year-old 300-level Mass Communication pupil of the College of Lagos was docked earlier than the courtroom alongside Adedapo Quadri on a eight-counts bordering on the offences of homicide, forgery and stealing.
The state additionally arraigned Chidinma’s sister, Egbuchu Chioma from whom the late Ataga’s iPhone 7, was mentioned to have been recovered on one rely. All of them pleaded not responsible to the cost.
Oluwo, who was led in proof in chief by the Lagos State prosecuting counsel, Yusuf Sule, informed the courtroom that he has been within the enterprise for 5 years and that they promote model new telephones and pretty used telephones.
The witness who recognized the primary defendant (Chidinma) within the dock, acknowledged that she was a buyer, who had on April 30, 2021, bought a telephone and likewise bought her laptop computer to his workplace on June 18, 2021.
He testified that, “on June 18, 2021, she (Chidinma) bought a MacBook Professional Laptop computer, which was bought for N495,000, after negotiations and market worth analysis.
“To make a sale, it’s a must to submit some paperwork like your authorities Identification card, i.e. Driver’s Licence, Worldwide Passport, Voter’s Card and NIN.
“You additionally need to fill a kind which incorporates e-mail, telephone quantity, home tackle, full identify, it’s going to additionally comprise the total worth of the merchandise, for that day, the identify of the merchandise and the serial variety of the merchandise, that is what we use to contact the shopper if there are points,” he mentioned.
Oluwo informed Justice Adesanya that as on the time the primary defendant walked into his workplace, he was not round however that he was known as in later for the ultimate inspection of the Laptop computer.
He mentioned that he inspected the Laptop computer bodily, however that he was unable to entry the content material initially till the defendant unlocked it.
He mentioned, “I requested her (first defendant) to unlock the Laptop computer and she or he did, so I carried out my inner remark which included velocity efficiency, the circle rely of the battery and common performance.
“After that, I proceeded to ask questions, do you will have a receipt for this Laptop computer, she acknowledged that it was a present from her boyfriend and that she has two Laptops and wanted to promote one to pay some payments.
“I carried out a test on Apple web site for the market analysis, I confirmed the worth of the Laptop computer, from Apple web site, discovered that market valuation was $1000 to $1,200, the change fee of the Greenback at the moment was N400 to N450.
“She wished to promote for N600,000, we had been capable of negotiate for N495,000, I initiated the fee from my United Financial institution For Africa (UBA) account to her Sterling Checking account”, he maintained.
Oluwo additionally knowledgeable the courtroom that when he requested the defendant for the receipt of the Laptop computer, she mentioned that she was not capable of present the receipt as a result of the Laptop computer was a present from her boyfriend.
He acknowledged, “After the sale of the Laptop computer, we noticed her face on social media, concerning a homicide case, the identify talked about was that of the shopper we had enterprise with earlier, so I ensured that every one her paperwork had been saved helpful.
“A number of days later, the Police from State Felony Investigation Division SCID Panti, invited my supervisor, Olutayo Abayomi to the station, I used to be later informed of the invitation, so I proceeded to the station to seek out out the rationale.
“After I bought to the police station, I found that it was in reference to the Laptop computer we purchased from Chidinma on June 18, 2021, we each made an announcement detailing how we got here in regards to the Laptop computer and the way we made the acquisition.
“We gave the police the paperwork of the previous proprietor, which included a replica of her voters’ card, a replica of our kind and all receipts which already had her data, concerning the Laptop computer,” the witness mentioned.
When requested by the prosecution if he can detect {that a} product is a stolen merchandise, he mentioned no, “there isn’t any method we are able to detect {that a} telephone or Laptop computer is a stolen one.”
Throughout cross-examination, the primary defendant’s counsel, Onwuka Egwu, requested if the witness was proven any paperwork like receipts or proof of possession to indicate that the Laptop computer didn’t belong to the primary defendant, at Panti, he mentioned no.
Justice Adesanya adjourned the case to November 29, for the continuation of the trial.
