Killers Of Rtd-General Uwem Udokwere Arrested, Phones, Laptops Recovered

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested the killers of the retired Brig.-Gen. Uwem Udokwere who invaded his residence at the Sunshine Homes area of Lokogoma, in Abuja.

Operatives, led by CSP Victor O Godfrey, the Divisional Police Office of Utako, arrested four suspects in connection to the incident that occurred at about 3 am

it was  earlier reported that armed robbers had invaded the residence of the military personnel and had carted away his pistol and other items.

The recent development, however, revealed that the suspects, all residents in the Apo area of the FCT had confessed to attacking the household of the personnel and killing him.

A  reliable source within the police revealed the names of the suspects as, Ibrahim Rabiu, 33; Nafiu Jamil, 33; Aliyu Abdullahi, 47; Mohammed Nuhu, 28, all residents of Apo Primary School.

The source revealed that the suspects had confessed to crimes of murder and armed robbery of the late General.

“They stated that during the armed robbery incident, they murdered the Gen. to prevent him from harming them with the pistols he brought out to defend himself but couldn’t effectively manipulate it.

“They also confessed to having stolen Laptops, and phones among other valuables from the deceased’s home. As fate would have, the knife in which they stabbed him to death was recovered.

“The deceased black GSM phone ‘Redmi’ made was also recovered.