Late Hector
Oluwaseun Jobarteh
LAGOS State
Police Commissioner, Imohimi Edgal, yesterday, said the state Command, in the
last one week, arrested six persons over the killing of
Hector Jobarteh, winner
of third edition, Guilder Ultimate Search, GUS.
They were
among five suspected robbers, five suspected kidnappers, three suspected
cultists paraded alongside a dog at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja.
The arrests
were made between September 6 and 13, following efforts of men and officers of
the Command.
Some of the
suspects’ names were given as Kazeem, Zano, Rilwan, Adekunle, Adekanbi, Ogunade
and Babatunde.
Addressing
newsmen, Edgal explained that one suspected robber lost his life in a gun
battle with operatives of the Command, noting that six ammunition, six stolen
vehicles, one motorcycle, substances suspected to be cocaine, heroin and Indian
hemp were recovered.
He said the
recovered arms and ammunition included one berretta pistol, five locally-made
pistols, and 16 live cartridges.
Murdered
It will be
recalled that Hector, 38, was shot dead at his Oko-Oba residence on September
4, shortly after returning from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,
Ikeja, where he went to pick up a sibling.
Edgal, while
confirming the arrest of six suspects in connection with the death of Hector,
said one of the suspects arrested was a driver with a transport firm (name
withheld) who conveyed the suspected killers, while the others were found with
the victim’s cell phone.
He noted
that one of the suspects was still at large and that efforts were on to arrest
him, giving the names of the arrested suspects as Igana, 28; John, 26;
Adekunle, 19; Madu, 24; Adeyemi, 20, and Adekunle, 25.
According to
the Police boss, “the driver that conveyed the killers of Hector and one of the
killers have been arrested. The phone belonging to Hector, which was stolen
from him after his murder, has been recovered.
“Five other
suspects in connection with the case have also been arrested.”
The driver’s story
One of the
suspects, Igana, the driver, said he had driven some men, who threatened him
with a gun, to Abeokuta but never knew that they were killers.
His words:
“I was looking for an Android phone when my brother, Valentine, linked me with
one JK. It was JK that called me to drive them to Yaba from Cement and I was
paid N8,000, after I had charged them N10,000.
“The next
day, JK called me again to take them to Abeokuta and I charged them N20,000. On
the way, we stopped at Sango and two other men joined us.
“We later
stopped by at a nearby bush and JK ordered one of the men to bring out a nylon
bag which had a gun inside. That was when I tried running away, but I was
threatened and ordered back into the car.
“I was later
arrested through my younger brother, who had gone to sell a stolen phone later
identified as the victim’s phone.”
I followed my uncle—Suspect
On his part,
Adekunle said, he followed his “uncle to Computer Village to sell the deceased
phone after Sallah, and I was given N1,000 as a gift from my uncle.
“That is the
only thing I know about the incident. I was not part of those who went to the
deceased house.”
The person
who sold the deceased’s phone, Madu, claimed his is an engineer, saying
they brought the phone to him to work on and he charged them N7,500.
He then
assisted to resell the phone to one Abdulrasheed.
On his part,
another suspect, John, claimed that he did not know anything about the robbery
operation, saying he only needed an android phone for his personal use.
He said: “It
was someone who introduced me to Madu at the Computer Village. After
negotiation, I bought the phone from him.
“The next
thing was I saw Police, who came to arrest me, at my house at Ojodu
Berger. I don’t even know how they located my house. I don’t know anything
about the phone. I only bought it from Madu.”
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