Rita Odafe
Hashiru Baku, the individual responsible for orchestrating the killing of Brigadier General Harold Udokwere, has been apprehended.
He was captured by operatives from the Federal Capital Territory Police Command.
Udokwere, who served as the National Chairman of Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, was fatally attacked by armed robbers who infiltrated his home on June 22, 2024, and made off with his firearm.
The police had previously arrested and displayed Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi, and Mohammed Nuhu in relation to the incident on June 24, 2024.
Speaking to the press on Monday while exhibiting the suspects in custody, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, declared that Baku was apprehended in Kano State as he attempted to flee the country.
Igweh mentioned that the suspect had escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centre.
He stated, “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 further mentioned 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.”
Details to follow later…
