Three suspects have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command over last Sunday’s assassination of Hector Oluwaseun Jobarteh, winner of the 2006
Three suspects have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command over last Sunday’s assassination of Hector Oluwaseun Jobarteh, winner of the 2006 Gulder Ultimate Search, GUS, reality TV, Season 3. Hector Jobarteh was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his residence in New Oko-Oba, area of Lagos State. The new Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal, yesterday, said three persons are being interrogated over the killing of Jobarteh, a father of one, who was reportedly trailed to his house and shot dead.
Late Hector Jobarteh had just got back from picking up his younger brother from Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, when the incident occurred. It was gathered that the gunmen reportedly knocked on his neighbour’s door downstairs and asked who the car parked outside belonged to. When she told them the occupant stays upstairs, they stormed his apartment and shot him in the chest without any dialogue. His home was also not ransacked prompting the conclusion that it wasn’t a robbery incidence.
His father was also shot by the survived the gun shot. His wife, also a former GUS contestant, is currently in New Jersey to have their second child. Enquiries carried out from neighbours revealed that the deceased may have been a victim of business transaction that went sour. Since winning the reality TV competition, Hector Jobarteh who returned to Nigeria in July has maintained a low profile.
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