Five suspects arrested for Hector- Gulder Ultimate Search winner’s murder

Five suspects allegedly responsible for the murder of the former Gulder Ultimate Search Winner, Hector Jobarteh have been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command.

Hector who was shot dead on September 3rd, 2017 was trailed to his home at No. 8, Olufowora Close, New Oko-Oba, Lagos. from the airport where he had gone to pick up his younger brother.

Parading the suspects at the Police Commands Headquarters in Ikeja, the State Commissioner of Police, Ag/CP Imohimi Edgal said the suspects were arrested following a painstaking effort by the police.

The suspects whose names were given as Abdul – Rasheed Jimoh, Francis Madu, Usman Adeyemi, William Igana and Valentine Muna

Igana, the Uber driver who drove the suspected gun men to Hector’s house claimed he was only hired by the gang unknowing to him they were on a mission to kill.

He alleged he had only started the job for about three days before he fell into trouble.

He said, “I had just been registered under the Uber platform and I needed an Android phone to facilitate the business. I called my brother Valentine to help me with a phone. He introduced me to one JK. JK said he had a phone I could use and that he wanted to sell for N10,000. I told him I had only N5,000 and promised to give him the balance of N5,000 later.

“The next day, JK called me to take him to Yaba. While on our way to Yaba, we stopped and picked up some two other guys. I charged them N10,000 but they gave me N8,000 and promised to balance me later.

“I didn’t know what they went there to do. The next day, I was also called by JK that him and his friends will be going to Abeokuta and that they will be needing my service.

” I charged them N20,000 and we embarked on the journey. It was only when we got somewhere in Sango that they asked me to stop at one bushy part and they brought put a gun. I shouted and they immediately silenced me by threatening me. They came down and walked to a house where they shot two persons.

“They jumped back into the vehicle and asked me to drive off which I did. But on getting to a point, I stopped the vehicle and told them I wasn’t going any longer and they insisted I go on and JK said the only reason why he wouldn’t kill me is because my brother Valentine is his good friend.

“I never knew they were into any criminal activity, I was only doing my business as expected. I was arrested by the police through my brother Valentine. ”

Recall that Hector’s phone, ‘Dodgee’was also taken away by the suspects, the phone was tracked to Jimoh who had bought the phone from Madu at Computer Village.

In his confession, Jimoh claimed he never knew the phone was a stolen property. He said he had only gone to computer village to buy a phone innocently. He said he bought the phone for N15,000

On his part, Madu claimed it was an engineer who happens to be his friend that came with Adeyemi to sell the phone. He said he bought the phone for N7,500 and sold for N15,000

Adeyemi who is 18 years old alleged it was his uncle Ismaila who had accompanied to Computer Village that owned the phone.

Ag/CP Edgal said the command is doing everything possible to get the other suspects. He also maintained that the suspects will be charged to court when investigations are complete.