MURDER OF ARMY GENERAL: Police arrests four suspects
State Correspondent
The Police in Abuja have arrested four persons suspected to be involved in the murder of a retired army Brigadier General Harold Udokwere, in Abuja.
The suspects were arrested on Sunday by detectives from the Utako police division.
It would be recalled that the the retired Brigadier General was murdered in the early hours of Saturday, June 22, at approximately 3 am at his residence located at No 1 Sanga Street Sunshine homes by Kabusa Junction at Lokogoma Abuja. The robbers also injured one of the Estate guards
News Dot Africa reported that the FCT Police Command in a statement by its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Josephine Adeh, stated that the Commissioner of Police, FCT, Benneth Igweh ordered a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the killing of late General.
On Monday, June 24, the police identified the suspects as Ibrahim Rabiu ‘m’ 33 years old from Dala LGA Kano State but resident at Rasha Apo Roundabout, Nafiu Jamil ‘m’ 33 years old from Tofa LGA Kano, but resident at Apo Pantekar, Aliyu Abdullahi ‘m’ 47 years old from Shinkafi LGA of Zamfara State but resident at Apo Roundabout Abuja and Mohammed Nuhu ‘m’ 28 yrs old from Kumbotso LGA Kano State but resident at Apo Primary School,” the police said in a statement.
The General’s killing was another major incident exposing the high rate of insecurity in the nation’s capital.
