Winner of the 2006 Gulder Ultimate Search, GUS, reality TV, Season 3, Hector Oluwaseun Jobarteh has been assassinated. Jobarteh was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his residence in New Oko-Oba, area of Lagos State on Sunday.
The Lagos State Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the assassination. This was made known by the new Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal.
Edgal 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.
According to reports, he 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. His wife was reportedly in the United States of America when the incident occurred, but it is not clear if she had been informed of the death of her husband.
The late Jobarteh’s wife is said to be also a former GUS contestant, who just moved to New Jersey to have their second child.
Hector Jobarteh was said to have returned to Nigeria in July. When late Hector Jobarteh won the 2006 Season 3 GUS, held in Benin, Edo State, he went home with the grand prize of N5 million and a Ford Explorer SUV. Since winning the reality TV competition, Hector has maintained a low profile.
Edgal Giving insight into how the incident happened said “Some yet-to-be identified hoodlums, pretending to be friends of the deceased, gained access into the apartment of Hector Jobarteh, 38, in the presence of his brother, one Victor Joberteh, at 8, Olufowora Close, New Oko-Oba. “They shot the said Hector on the chest without any dialogue and fled from the scene. “The Divisional Police Officer and a team of policemen quickly rushed to the scene after a distress call and the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died. “Nothing was removed from his house. The corpse was taken to Orile/Agege Hospital morgue for autopsy.
