According to security reports, Okodo, who hails from Karamoja Sub-region, was in the company of another soldier when they were confronted a few distances from Sinyanya landing side at the border of Obongi and Adjumani districts.
Speaking to hundreds of believers in Gulu City on Saturday, President Museveni noted that the Commission of inquiry will help to bring out the truth about the land conflict and unearth the perpetrators of violence.
Charles Okoya, the Vice Chairperson of Apaa Sub-Parish in Apaa Township told Uganda Radio Network in an interview Friday that the assailants numbering about 100 men had camped in the area for one week.