How Retired Army General Was Killed in His Abuja Home, Video Emerges

• The police in Abuja have arrested the suspected killers of Brig. Gen. Harold Udokwere, the national chairman, Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces
• Udokwere was killed at his residence in Abuja by a three-man gang of armed robbers on Saturday, June 22
• Bennett Igweh, the commission of police in the FCT, ordered a probe of the incident and the suspects were arrested on Sunday, June 23

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FCT, Abuja - The Nigeria police operatives have disclosed the arrest of four suspects in the killing of Brigadier General Harold Udokwere, the national chairman of the Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

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Udokwere was attacked and killed by a three-man armed robbery gang at his residence in the Kubasa area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Saturday, June 22.

The Punch reported that following the killings, Bennett Igweh, the commission of police in the FCT, ordered an immediate investigation into the death of the general.

On Sunday, June 23, the detectives from the Utako Police Division of FCT arrested the four suspects and were paraded on Monday, June 24.

The suspects confessed to the crime and explained how the general was killed at his residence in Abuja in a video seen by Legit.ng.

Police arrest two kidnappers in Abuja

In another development, the police also announced the arrest of two kidnappers kidnappers, who were blood-related. They are Isa Mohammed Ibrahim, 30, of Kofina, Zuba, Abuja (an escapee of Kuje prison in 2022) and his brother, Nasiru Mohammed A.K.A Danger.

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According to the police, the command acted on credible intelligence from the anti-kidnapping unit and trailed the culprits to their hideout.

They were members of the kidnapping group that attacked the Livestock Estate in Dei-Dei in December 2023, where 17 persons were kidnapped. They received a huge ransom before releasing the victims.

See the video of the confession here:

Police rescue kidnapped victim in Abuja

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Nigerian Police Force had been seen in a video rescuing another victim of a kidnapper in the Sabon-Lugbe area of Abuja.

Deji Adeyanju, a journalist who shared the video on social media, identified the victim as Suleiman Sabo, adding that he was kidnapped along with his wife.

In the video, the police were seen obstructing the people in the community from unleashing jungle justice on the kidnapper before he was taken away.

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