Summary:
The deceased, identified as No. 16448 L/CPL Ojok Boniface, was allegedly gunned down by 22-year-old Peter Byaruhanga, a security guard with S.W.A.T.T Security Limited and a resident of Kakabada A Cell in Rukungiri Municipality.
RUKUNGIRI: A 33-year-old prison warder from Uganda Prisons in Rukungiri District has been shot and killed, police have confirmed.
The deceased, identified as No. 16448 L/CPL Ojok Boniface, was allegedly gunned down by 22-year-old Peter Byaruhanga, a security guard with S.W.A.T.T Security Limited and a resident of Kakabada A Cell in Rukungiri Municipality.
The incident occurred around 1:00 AM on Thursday at Babuuze Bar and Lodge, located in Kakabada A Cell, Rukungiri Municipality. According to police, L/CPL Ojok Boniface had visited the bar with his colleague, No. 20355 Warder Otim James, to watch a football match. After the match, Ojok handed his phone to Otim and went to the back of the bar for a brief moment.
Shortly afterward, while Otim was waiting for his colleague, he heard a gunshot. He rushed toward the sound and found that Ojok had been shot dead by Byaruhanga.
Otim immediately informed the in-charge of Uganda Prisons in Rukungiri, ASP Kilara Ceaser Awany, who subsequently reported the incident to Rukungiri Central Police Station.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi region police spokesperson, stated that the suspect claims the deceased had attempted to steal a generator, while other reports suggest that an argument between the two led to the shooting.
Maate confirmed that the crime scene was visited, processed, and documented. The firearm used in the shooting, a UG POS 56 4000616-10341, was recovered along with three rounds of ammunition and taken as evidence.
The suspect has been arrested, and the body of the deceased has been transported to Rwakabengo Health Center III Mortuary for a post-mortem examination.
CUE IN MAATE…….ON THE INCIDENT…….RR/ENG//
