Uganda: Two arrested over murder of 11-year-old pupil

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Police have arrested two people who are accused of killing an eleven-year-old pupil in what is suspected to be a ritual murder to boost their business. Courtesy photo 

Published: November 12, 2018|
By: Patrick Ebong, Daily Monitor Uganda

In Summary

  • The two businessmen who deal in cotton were arrested on Friday evening after it was alleged that they chased the pupil before killing him. They are currently in custody at Kole Central Police Station.
  • North Kyoga regional police spokesman ASP David Ongom Mudong, in a statement on Sunday, said preliminary information reveals that the suspects are both Indian nationals dealing in cotton business at Odokomit in Ojwina division, Lira Municipality. 
  • Mr Mudong said the deceased, while fleeing from the two suspects got entangled in barbed wire and later developed serious injuries but the police were informed and intercepted the suspects who are still under detention at Kole Central Police under file vide CRB 318/2018.

Main Story:

Police have arrested two people who are accused of killing an eleven-year-old pupil in what is suspected to be a ritual murder to boost their business.

Dickens Okello, a primary 5 pupil of Alito Primary School in Alito Sub-county is alleged to have been killed by the two businessmen who reportedly chased him until he was trapped by a barbed wire on Friday evening.

The two businessmen who deal in cotton were arrested on Friday evening after it was alleged that they chased the pupil before killing him. They are currently in custody at Kole Central Police Station.

North Kyoga regional police spokesman ASP David Ongom Mudong, in a statement on Sunday, said preliminary information reveals that the suspects are both Indian nationals dealing in cotton business at Odokomit in Ojwina division, Lira Municipality. 

Mr Mudong said the deceased, while fleeing from the two suspects got entangled in barbed wire and later developed serious injuries but the police were informed and intercepted the suspects who are still under detention at Kole Central Police under file vide CRB 318/2018.

The incident has since attracted a lot of condemnation from the business community in Lira where a big number of Indians operate businesses, with the Prime Minister of Lango Cultural Institution Dr Richard Nam urging police to make sure the matter is investigated to its conclusion and the deceased’s relatives given fair justice.

The chairman of the Indian community in Lango Mr Singh Surjit also asked police to investigate the matter.
“I would like to tell the community if it’s true this thing happened, police should investigate and the suspects must face the law. We are here do business with the people but not to engage in criminal acts,” Mr Surjit told Daily Monitor in an interview on Sunday.

Kole District woman Member of Parliament Ms Judith Alyek Odongo said this unfortunate incident demands for action to be taken to bring to an end the impunity of some foreign nationals against the natives of Lango.
“I call upon different stakeholders to wake up and condemn this while demanding that the two Indians who are being held be investigated and taken to court to face the wrath of the law,” she said.

Source: Two arrested over murder of 11-year-old pupil