A suspect, Hashiru Baku, has been arrested in connection with the murder of late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere, who was killed in his Abuja residence on June 22, 2024.
THISNIGERIA recalls that the suspects took away the gun of the deceased, who was the National Chairman, Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Earlier, men of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command arrested and paraded some of the suspects; Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi and Mohammed Nuhu.
However, the police, on Monday, revealed that Baku, the mastermind behind the attack has been apprehended.
Speaking, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh said Baku was arrested in Kano State while trying to run away from the country.
Igweh said the suspect was an escapee from the Kuje Correctional Centre.
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He said, “I did show you the four killers, kidnappers, and robbers that went and killed Brigadier-General Uwe Harrod, retired. Today, I will show you the organiser of the killing and the robbery.
“As well as we have recovered the general’s gun that was with him. We have recovered the wristwatch of the general and the wife’s jewellery which they stole from the general’s house.
“The organiser is here and we have arrested him. He is the organiser. He was in prison and during the Kuje Correctional Centre attack, he escaped.”
The police boss added that “instead of him to repent, he continued with more audacity. We arrested him in Kano where he was trying to exit the country.
“We recovered these drugs in his residence. So, that’s what they take and they will continue to be high.”
