Summary:
- According to a police statement, Niwagaba, along with other suspects still at large, has been involved in multiple murder cases in Kampala (Kajansi). They have been kidnapping and killing young girls using a taxi with the registration number UAU 737 W.
RUKIGA: Police in Rukiga District, along with officers from Kajansi Police Station in Kampala, have arrested a 32-year-old serial kidnapper and killer in Bukinda Sub County.
The suspect, identified as Isaac Niwagaba, is a driver by profession and resides in Rwakimuli Cell, Bukinda Trading Center, Bukinda Sub County, Rukiga District.
Niwagaba was apprehended yesterday around 4:00 PM in Rwakimuli Cell, Bukinda Trading Center, Bukinda Sub County, Rukiga District. The arrest occurred when Geoffrey Ongomu, an investigating officer from Kajansi Police Station in Kampala, reported to the district in search of him.
According to a police statement, Niwagaba, along with other suspects still at large, has been involved in multiple murder cases in Kampala (Kajansi). They have been kidnapping and killing young girls using a taxi with the registration number UAU 737 W. Police revealed that Niwagaba was implicated in four different murders of these girls. Disguised as a taxi driver, he and his accomplices lured the victims into the vehicle, where they strangled and suffocated them with polythene bags before dumping their bodies in nearby bushes in Kampala.
Niwagaba is accused of masterminding the murder of Nassali Jenina, a resident of Kawuku in Kajansi. He stole her phone, which he used to communicate with his associates. This phone was in his possession at the time of his arrest.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson, stated that a team of detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department, along with officers from Rukiga District led by the DPC, conducted an operation in Bukinda Trading Center. They successfully apprehended Niwagaba from his hiding place.
Maate also noted that Niwagaba had returned from Kampala three days prior, where he had committed the crime. The suspect was handed over to detectives from Kajansi Police Station under tight security for further investigation. During a search of his room, police recovered valuable and relevant evidence, including a phone.
CUE IN MAATE….ON ARREST…..RR/ENG//
