Police arrest Kuje Prison escapee over murder of army general
Hashiru Baku, the suspect responsible for the murder of late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere (rtd), has been arrested by the police.
Neptune Prime reports that the general was murdered by armed robbers who invaded his private residence at Sunshine Estate, Abuja, on 21st June 2024.
Two days later, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner, Benneth Igweh, arrested and paraded suspected killers of the general.
While parading them at the command headquarters in Abuja, CP Igweh said two among the robbers were at large and had escaped with the deceased’s pistol.
Igwe further gave out the names of the suspects as Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi and Mohammed Nuhu, all residents of Apo satellite town, Abuja.
The Commissioner said police operatives arrested the suspects after acting on credible intelligence by agents of the FCT Police Command from Utako Division, led by CSP Victor Godfrey, who trailed them to their hideout.
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The suspects confessed to stabbing the late brigadier general with a knife when he tried to resist them from dispossessing him of his pistol.
The knife allegedly used by the suspects in committing the crime and the late army general’s phone were recovered from the criminals.
Addressing correspondents while parading the other suspects on Monday, 22 July, 2024, Igweh said Baku was arrested in Kano State while trying to run away from the country.
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“I did show you the four killers, kidnappers, and robbers that killed Brigadier-General Uwe Harrod (Rtd). Today, I will show you the organiser of the killing and the robbery.
“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 was in prison and during the Kuje Correctional Centre attack, he escaped.”
“Instead of him to repent, he continued with more atrocities. 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 terrorise citizens,” he said.
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Proofreading and editing by Gift Luckson and Hafsat Aleeyu Muye, Editor and Journalist at Neptune Prime.
