The Police Command in Lagos State on Thursday paraded five suspected killers of Hector Jobarteh, winner of the third edition of Guilder Ultimate Search.
Hector, 38, was shot dead at his Oko-Oba residence on September 2 shortly after returning from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, where he went to pick up a sibling.
One of the suspects is Williams Igana, an Uber driver who conveyed the suspected killers while the others were found with the victim’s cell phone.
The others are Valentine Igana, Abdul-Rasheed Jimoh, Francis Madu, and Usman Adeyemi.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, said that one of the suspects was still at large and efforts were being made to arrest and prosecute him.
Williams, the Uber driver, said that he had driven some men who threatened him with a gun to Abeokuta but never knew that they were killers.
“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 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,” Igana said.
Jobarteh’s phone was said to have been tracked to Jimoh, who bought it at Computer Village, Ikeja.
In his statement, Jimoh said he never knew the phone was stolen.
He said he had innocently gone to Computer Village to buy a phone, adding that he bought the phone for N15,000 from Madu.
On his part, Madu claimed an engineer friend who came with Adeyemi, sold the phone to him.
He said he bought the phone for N7,500 and sold it for N15,000.
Eighteen-year-old Adeyemi said his uncle, one Ismaila, owned the phone.
Imohimi said the command was making efforts to arrest other suspects, adding that the men would be charged to court at the end of investigations.
