BREAKING: Police nab killers Of Rtd-General Uwem Udokwere in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Comman has arrested the killers of retired Brig.-Gen. Uwem Udokwere, who broke into his home in the Sunshine Homes area of Lokogoma, Abuja.

News360 Nigeria reliably gathered that the operatives, led by CSP Victor O Godfrey, the Divisional Police Office of Utako, arrested four suspects in connection to the incident that occurred at about 3 am on Saturday.

News360 Nigeria had earlier reported that armed robbers had invaded the residence of the military personnel and had carted away his pistol and other items.

The recent development, however, revealed that the suspects, all residents in the Apo area of the FCT had confessed to attacking the household of the personnel and killing him.

A situation report exclusively obtained by News360 from a reliable source within the police revealed the names of the suspects as, Ibrahim Rabiu, 33; Nafiu Jamil, 33; Aliyu Abdullahi, 47; Mohammed Nuhu, 28, all residents of Apo Primary School.

The source revealed that the suspects had confessed to crimes of murder and armed robbery of the late General.

“They stated that during the armed robbery incident, they murdered the Gen. to prevent him from harming them with the pistols he brought out to defend himself but couldn’t effectively manipulate it.

“They also confessed to having stolen Laptops, and phones among other valuables from the deceased’s home. As fate would have, the knife in which they stabbed him to death was recovered.

“The deceased black GSM phone ‘Redmi’ made was also recovered”.

Our correspondent also gathered that the FCT police are trying to recover the two pistols and other suspects at large.