Interpol issues red notice for ADF leader
Feb 13, 2011
JAMIL Mukulu, the master-mind of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels faces arrest and possible extradition after the International Police (Interpol) issued a red notice for him in connection with terrorism.
By Steven Candia
JAMIL Mukulu, the master-mind of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels faces arrest and possible extradition after the International Police (Interpol) issued a red notice for him in connection with terrorism.
Interpol issued the notice for Mukulu and posted his photographs on its website, adding him on a list of hundreds of international fugitives wanted over terrorism.
A red notice, one of the numerous notices that can be issued by Interpol, seeks the arrest or provisional arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition.
The issuance of the notice on request by Uganda is a culmination of efforts by the Government to have Mukulu arrested and extradited.
The issuance of the notice comes amid reports of the ADF regrouping, according to security sources.
The sources yesterday intimated that the Uganda Police had been notified about the issuance of the notice for Mukulu, who local security say has more than 10 passports, uses numerous pseudo names and doctors his appearances to evade capture.
Uganda’s efforts to have Mukulu arrested go back to as early as 2002 when the then army chief of staff, Brig. Nakibus Lakara, said the Government would issue an arrest warrant for him.
Sources said Mukulu is wanted in connection with the June 1998 Kichwamba Technical Institute massacre, in which about 80 students perished.
It is alleged that Mukulu, being the commander of the ADF which has been labeled a terrorist organisation, commanded an attack on civilians, willfully killing about seven people. The charge of willful killing contravenes international conventions and carries a death penalty.
Interpol also uploaded Mukulu’s bio-data, stating his identity, sex, nationality, date of birth, age and offence.
According to information on the Interpol website, Mukulu, who was born in Kayunga district on January 1, 1964, speaks English and Arabic and is wanted for terrorism after a warrant of arrest was issued by the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court and a request by Uganda Police forwarded to Lyon through the local Interpol office.
Sources said the arrest warrant was issued by court in late January.
The ADF waged a vicious war against the Government of Uganda, starting in the mid 90s, before it was crushed. From bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it launched numerous attacks on Uganda, committing a string of atrocities.
Mukulu and the ADF are blamed for a spate of bomb attacks in the city in the late 90s that left scores dead and for other deadly attacks on institutions of learning in western Uganda that left many dead and destroyed property.
JAMIL Mukulu, the master-mind of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels faces arrest and possible extradition after the International Police (Interpol) issued a red notice for him in connection with terrorism.
Interpol issued the notice for Mukulu and posted his photographs on its website, adding him on a list of hundreds of international fugitives wanted over terrorism.
A red notice, one of the numerous notices that can be issued by Interpol, seeks the arrest or provisional arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition.
The issuance of the notice on request by Uganda is a culmination of efforts by the Government to have Mukulu arrested and extradited.
The issuance of the notice comes amid reports of the ADF regrouping, according to security sources.
The sources yesterday intimated that the Uganda Police had been notified about the issuance of the notice for Mukulu, who local security say has more than 10 passports, uses numerous pseudo names and doctors his appearances to evade capture.
Uganda’s efforts to have Mukulu arrested go back to as early as 2002 when the then army chief of staff, Brig. Nakibus Lakara, said the Government would issue an arrest warrant for him.
Sources said Mukulu is wanted in connection with the June 1998 Kichwamba Technical Institute massacre, in which about 80 students perished.
It is alleged that Mukulu, being the commander of the ADF which has been labeled a terrorist organisation, commanded an attack on civilians, willfully killing about seven people. The charge of willful killing contravenes international conventions and carries a death penalty.
Interpol also uploaded Mukulu’s bio-data, stating his identity, sex, nationality, date of birth, age and offence.
According to information on the Interpol website, Mukulu, who was born in Kayunga district on January 1, 1964, speaks English and Arabic and is wanted for terrorism after a warrant of arrest was issued by the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court and a request by Uganda Police forwarded to Lyon through the local Interpol office.
Sources said the arrest warrant was issued by court in late January.
The ADF waged a vicious war against the Government of Uganda, starting in the mid 90s, before it was crushed. From bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it launched numerous attacks on Uganda, committing a string of atrocities.
Mukulu and the ADF are blamed for a spate of bomb attacks in the city in the late 90s that left scores dead and for other deadly attacks on institutions of learning in western Uganda that left many dead and destroyed property.