FCT Police Arrest Suspects Who Killed Army General In Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command captured four armed robbers who killed retired Army Brigadier General Uwem Udukwere in Abuja’s Sunshine Estate.

The command’s Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, revealed that two more suspects are still at large and have been proclaimed sought. General Udukwere was fatally shot during a heist at his home on Saturday, June 22. The intruders broke into the Army chief’s home, demanded jewellery, and fled with his weapon.

When quizzed, the suspects said they saw nothing important in the general’s home during the attack. They claimed they met the general with an unloaded gun and attacked him after discovering it wasn’t loaded.

While telling how his boss was killed to Premium Times, the house security guard said he observed three of the robbers attempting to force their way into the compound.

He claimed that after hearing the frightening sounds and movement of the thieves, late Udokwere opened the door, came down from the top floor of the duplex where his wife and two children were, and was immediately attacked and stabbed.

“I saw three of them, they were trying to open the door and so he came down when he heard the sound of the door. He was stabbed when he came out,” the security man said.

Benedicta Odeigba, Vice Chairman of the Estate, recounted how the general’s wife called her when the burglars came at their home.

“When they entered, the wife called me on the phone saying that they had entered their house. This is the third time they would attack the house using the same route, the fence (pointing). Maybe two weeks ago or something, the wife still called me that they were hearing sounds of some people jumping down from the fence. After the woman’s call, I didn’t hear from her again. They hid around while some of them entered,” she said.

Mrs Odeigba went on to describe the agony of Ihakuo Umar, a security guard at the estate’s main entrance. She claimed that Mr Umar heard a sound while performing his duty that night and bravely ran towards it. She stated that, unbeknownst to the security guard, some of the criminals were hidden inside the gutter.

Mrs Odeigba reported that Umar was bound, dragged across the floor, and placed in a security tank near the deceased’s home.

“He heard that something was going on because if you like that part (pointing) you could easily see the whole estate. He saw them and rushed there not knowing they were hiding under the gutter. They hit him on the head. He fell on the floor and lost consciousness immediately. With blood they proceeded to tie him and then dragged him from that place to the security tank where they also taped his mouth in order not to shout,” she said.

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