Monday, June 24, 2024 –Men of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have apprehended four armed robbers responsible for the killing of retired Army Brigadier General Uwem Udukwere in Abuja’s Sunshine Estate.
The command's Commissioner of Police,
Benneth Igweh, announced that two additional suspects are still at large and
have been declared wanted. General Udukwere was fatally shot during a robbery
at his residence on Saturday, June 22. The assailants invaded the Army chief's
home, demanding jewelry and escaping with his pistol.
When interrogated, the suspects said they
did not see anything valuable in the general's house during the attack. They
said they met the general with a gun that wasn't loaded and attacked him after
the found out the gun wasn't loaded.
The house security guard while recounting
how his boss was killed to Premium Times, said he saw three of the robbers
trying to force themselves into the compound.
He said upon hearing the disturbing sounds
and movement of the robbers, 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
The Vice Chairman of the Estate, Benedicta
Odeigba narrated how the general’s wife reached her on the phone when the
robbers arrived 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 further narrated the ordeal of
one of the security guards at the main entrance to the estate, Ihakuo Umar. She
said Mr Umar heard a sound from where he was observing his duty that night and
demonstrated bravery by running towards the place. She said unknown to the
security man, some of the robbers were hiding inside the gutter.
Mrs Odeigba stated that Umar was tied,
dragged on the floor and dumped in a security tank close to the deceased 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
Watch a video of the interview below…
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