Ogweng, whose arrest was sanctioned by Lt Col. Edith Nakalema, the Commandant of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit last week, is wanted for commissioning and supervising the handover of a contract for the management of Lira Coronation Park to Saving Grace Investment in disregard of procurement laws.
Last week, the suspects’ lawyers Humphrey Tumwesigye and Simon Peter Musangala from Musangala Advocates & Solicitors said they were taken by surprise and accused the State Attorney of smuggling in new evidence to pin the accused.
Alamanzani Gabulila, a former security guard with Blue Light Security Company was picked up on Tuesday morning from Kisaikya village in Namasagali Sub County where he was in hiding.
Records at Hoima Central Police Station show that twenty cases of robbery have been reported in the past two weeks while seven people have been hit and critically injured by iron bar hit men in different parts of Hoima town.
The arrests were made during early morning protests by the taxi operators, disputing an injunction on the election of their leaders. The operators staged roadblocks in Kitooro, Katabi, Abayita Ababiri, and Broadway, Kawuku and Namulanda paralyzing business and transport along the road.
Joseph Okello, a Boda boda operator in Iganga Trading Centre, says the decision of residents to lynch the suspect is a sign that they are tired of losing property to them.
Minyang is alleged to have attempted to attack Mike Adoko, a resident of Ayago trading centre, in Lira town. He was arrested on Monday evening from Lira town and is being held at Lira CPS.
The intervention follows fears that 63 pupils who sat their Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) at Butaaya Primary School in 2015 might fail to register for O’ level because of missing pass slips. Available information indicates that the pass slips were stolen during a break-in at the District Education Office in 2017.
The Kotido District Police Commander, Apollo Kyangungu, says an angry mob descended on Lomongin and stoned him to death with stones and other sharp objects.
