People wailed and rolled on the floor at the residence of a retired Brigadier-General who was brutally killed in his living room in Lagos, on Tuesday. His wife, who was also attacked was said to be in a critical condition at the Badagry General Hospital.


Brigadier General Umai Jabil Uwurigbe (retd) was killed at about 5.30 pm by some hoodlums, who invaded his residence at 20 Acre of Land, Iragon Village, along Ado-Odo Road, Morogbo. Daily Sun gathered that the hoodlums also dispossessed the couple of some cash, mobile phones and other valuables.

People in the area were not ready to talk about his death except a man, who claimed to know little about him . The man, who identified himself simply as Jacob said the incident surprised everybody in the area because the man was not known to be a troublemaker.

Jacob said people usually called the deceased ‘Baba’ in the area. He suspected that the mission could not have been armed robbery. He suspected that it would be the hand work of assassins. According to him, the man’s wife, Mrs. Uwurigbe was not left out as she was also beaten to coma. “If you were around on Tuesday evening when the incident occurred ,you will know that people love this man. People wept profusely.

“I don’t know if anybody can talk to you in that house because ‘Mama’ is in the hospital. They said her condition is very critical. Baba was a very peaceful person. We don’t know him as a troublemaker.

“He was a retired brigadier general. He never used his rank in the military to intimidate anybody. The whole people in the community are weeping for him. He and his wife loved each other as I was told. We all in this community are still in shock over his death,” he said.

Meanwhile, a police source (name withheld) from Morogbo Police Division told Daily Sun that the retired general was killed by unidentified hoodlums, who invaded his residence. He said the police had to rush the wife to Badagry General Hospital, where she was receiving treatment. The source also disclosed that the police had removed the body from the residence and deposited it at Isolo General Hospital, for autopsy.

Meanwhile, the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Musiliu Smith Street, Yaba, Lagos.



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