A 24-year-old former Nigerian beauty queen, Najeebat Sule,
has been found shot dead inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800
block of Frankford Avenue on March 12, Daily Mail reports.
Nearly three weeks later, police have not found a motive and
have made no arrests, leaving Sule’s family and friends searching for answers.
‘I can’t think of anything that would make anyone want to kill
her,’ Sule’s close friend Habibat Magaji, told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Magaji was among the last people to have seen Sule alive
before she was gunned down.
The two women had spent the night before at Magaji’s home,
eating snacks and watching Netflix together.
Less than 24 hours later, Sule was sitting in her gray
Toyota Corolla, exchanging text messages with Magaji, when an unidentified man
walked up to the vehicle with a gun drawn and shot her several times.
Sule’s father, Adewale Sule, heard the gunfire and emerged
from the house just in time to see the suspect fire the last of the shots at
his daughter.
‘I saw the guy shooting my daughter. He shot the last round
and I pursued him,’ said the father. ‘He ran back to his car.’
Najeet was rushed to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where
she was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later.
Her mother, Tawakalitu Sule, said she last heard from Najeet
less than two hours before the shooting when her daughter asked her when she
was going to be home.
‘All of my children have been crying every day because of
their big sister. They really miss her. I miss my daughter,’ she said.
Najeet is survived by her parents and two sisters.
‘She was very talented, smart and funny,’ one of her
siblings told 6abc.
The family are currently staying at an undisclosed location
over unspecified concerns for their safety.
Sule and her family immigrated to Philadelphia from their
native Nigeria in the early 2000s.
Sule had only recently earned a Master’s degree in public
health from West Chester University and was pursuing a doctorate.
In 2019, she was crowned a second runner-up at the Miss
Nigeria International pageant.
‘Queen Najibat was an amazing young lady whose presence at
the Miss Nigerian beauty pageant left a great ripple that continues to
resonate,’ pageant organizers wrote on Facebook.
‘She was a breath of fresh air and her presence added a
distinct touch that made the event memorable. She carried herself with great
dignity and grace and her strength of character and approachability made her
such a joy to work with.’
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