Desire Luzinda summoned by police

Nov 09, 2014

The embattled Ugandan singer is summoned in relation to the nude pictures her estranged lover leaked on social media.


By Cecilia Okoth
 
KAMPALA - Police has summoned the embattled local artiste, Desire Luzinda, in relation to the nude pictures her estranged lover leaked on social media last week.
 
According to Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson, Luzinda is supposed to record a statement to explain what exactly happened between the two parties.
 
“We have failed to get in touch with her as her official numbers are both off,” Enanga said, adding that whoever knows where she is should inform the Police.
 
He said the Police wanted her to explain the circumstances under which her nude pictures were leaked.
 
Luzinda’s lover, Franklin Emuobor, on Friday last week released a series of pictures, nude.
 
The pictures went viral on social media, drawing a plethora of public reaction about the artiste and her estranged boyfriend.
 
Information on social media indicated that Emuobor had acquired a Ugandan passport of number B1012076 in the names of Franklin Baguma.
 
This prompted the internal affairs ministry to launch an inquiry.
 
An inside source at the ministry who preferred to remain anonymous confirmed that Emuobor had actually procured a passport in 2011 under the name of Franklin Baguma and also managed to renew it in 2013.
 
The Police Special Investigation Unit (SIU) has as a result summoned the commissioner in charge of passports, Nicholas Ongodia, to explain how a Ugandan passport was issued to a Nigerian.
 
“He claimed to be a son of a Munyankole woman which is not true,” said Joseph Alfred Ojinga, the acting commissioner of Police in charge of commercial fraud/ transnational crime.
 
“He has to explain why he concealed his identity,” Ojinga said.
 
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Franklin Emuobor reportedly acquired a Ugandan passport in the names of Franklin Baguma. (Screengrab by Kennedy Oryema)
 
Information the Police have so far gathered from the internal affairs ministry reaffirms that Emuobor’s passport does bear the names Franklin Baguma, born on November 20, 1977.
 
It also shows that his father’s name is Rukaakare Binemugisha Yosamu, who was born in Ruhama, Ntungamo and his mother’s name, Edrinah Kyibetenga from Isingiro district.
 
Ojinga said it is alleged in preliminary findings that someone facilitated this Nigerian to acquire a passport.
 
“Passport control offices are supposed to double check whichever information is delivered to them, but it is clear this did not take place,” he said.
 
“We are going to task the officers to explain and if found guilty, they shall face arrest. If this man forged his details and managed to beat them, how did this happen?” Ojinga asked.
 
Preliminary findings also indicate that immigration officers are supposed to have information on each and every one.
 
But it was discovered that Emoubor did not have a file and there was very scanty information about him.
 
At the time SIU officers stormed the internal affairs ministry to investigate, the officers in question were absent.
 
Ojinga said Emoubor committed computer crimes that he needs to answer for. “What was his intention when he posted the pictures?” he said, adding that Interpol Uganda will contact Interpol Nigeria to summon Emoubor.
 
He, however, cautioned the public to be mindful of the people they relate with.
 

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