Joe Oloya, the Aswa East Regional Public Relations Officer, explained that the deceased, identified as Alfred Nyeko, was accused of stealing two phones, from Pawena Trading Center in Palabek Abera Sub-county, Lamwo District.
According to Capt. Edrin Mawanda, the 5th Division Information Officer, the couple was traveling from Amuru District to Lamwo District on a Bajaj motorcycle, registration number UGG 453U, when they were stopped by security personnel.
The suspect, Alex Olweny, a resident of Kaugoli South Village, Potika Sub-county, allegedly stabbed his wife Jacklin Amony to death after a heated argument over money.
According Joe Oloya, the Aswa Regional Police Spokesperson, the deceased was accused of defiling a 5-year-old girl from Kapeta village, Madiopei sub-county Lamwo district.
The gruesome discovery was made by Acire Lazaro, a local resident, who encountered a basin of cotton and a pair of gumboots scattered along the road while on his way to his own garden. Suspecting foul play, Acire alerted the authorities, leading to a search that uncovered Okumu’s body hanging a few meters away.
On Tuesday, in Doglokutu East cell, Padibe Town Council, a mob beat Onek Samuel, 32 to death over allegations of stealing two chickens belonging to Opira Kenneth and Akello Cavine, all residents of the Doglokutu cell.
The Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson, David Ongom Mudong told Uganda Radio Network in an interview on Wednesday that the action of the RDC sabotaged the lawful duties of EPPU officers mandated to fight illegal deals in forest products.
The two; David Kasasira alias Kanyankole, who is the owner of the bull and his accomplice Derrick Opoka, were arrested after torturing Geoffrey Ocen, 23 from Dyang B Village in Palabek Gem Sub County, Lamwo district.
The suspects are accused of lynching Martin Nokrach for the alleged theft of a solar panel belonging to Walter Mwaka. Secondo Komakech, an eyewitness told police that the suspects arrested Nokrach and took him to Lagwe –dola village where they assaulted him to death.
The dispute is between the family members of Churchill Obita, the Gombola Internal Security Officer of Padibe East Sub County and Palaa community members.
The Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson, Jimmy Patrick Okema told URN in an interview the deceased surfaced at their home drunk on Tuesday and started fighting his family members.
The boy reportedly hit the baby using a brick and later hid her body in a nearby bush. The incident happed in Katebu village, Paloga Sub-county in Lamwo district last evening.
