2006 Gulder Ultimate Search winner, Hector killed in Lagos
The winner of the 2006 Gulder Ultimate Search, Hector Joberteh, has been reported killed in Lagos.
According to Joberteh’s close friends who spoke exclusively with the Nigerian Tribune, said he had gone out, earlier Saturday morning to pick a relative from the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos State.
It was suggested that his assailants had trailed him from the airport to his home, where he was eventually killed.
Eyewitnesses reported that two men had forcibly gained entry into the compound where Hector lived and questioned a few residents for his (Hector’s) whereabouts, after which upon sighting him, opened fire.
Hector’s father was also said to have been shot in the hand and is currently recuperating in the hospital.
Luckily, Hector’s wife, also a former contestant of the GUS competition, was said to be living abroad and wasn’t home at the time of the attack. The couple got married in 2013.
Meanwhile, friends and family of the slain Hector have taken to various social media platforms to express sorrow and anger at the way he was killed.
While various reports continue to trickle in, many are demanding justice for the slain Hector and demanding a safer Nigeria in general.
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