Sh700m robbery suspect gives up
Mar 13, 2005
The suspected master planner of the sh700m robbery from a Stanbic Bank bullion van has surrendered to the police in Tororo.
By Abraham Odeke
and Nathan Etengu
The suspected master planner of the sh700m robbery from a Stanbic Bank bullion van has surrendered to the police in Tororo.
Joseph Ogola walked into the Tororo Central Police Station on Saturday morning reportedly after holding secret meetings with some lawyers and a few friends
Ogola was the commander of the Securicor Gray team that was escorting sh700m in a bullion van from Mbale Stanbic Bank to Iganga on February 7.
Ogola reportedly told the police that he was tired of hiding. The violent crime crack unit transferred him to Mbale central police station.
Tororo district police commander Patrick Awai said they did not extract any statement from Ogola before he was transferred.
Another source said Ogola told the police that he had been hiding in Kenya where he crossed with only Ksh4,000.
Mbale district police commander Stephen Musoke and the regional internal security officer, Lt. Emmanuel Musinguzi, said Ogola first fled to Nairobi before returning close to the Uganda-Kenya border.
“We arrested the man who helped him reach Nairobi,†he said.
Eastern regional Police commander Bob Ngobi said recently that the police had recovered sh80m from Ogola’s relative.
Soon after the theft, the police arrested several people for questioning including four back-up security guards who were on an escort pick-up truck behind the bullion van.
The driver reportedly turned off at Namutumba trading centre and drove to Tororo town where he abandoned the van.
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and Nathan Etengu
The suspected master planner of the sh700m robbery from a Stanbic Bank bullion van has surrendered to the police in Tororo.
Joseph Ogola walked into the Tororo Central Police Station on Saturday morning reportedly after holding secret meetings with some lawyers and a few friends
Ogola was the commander of the Securicor Gray team that was escorting sh700m in a bullion van from Mbale Stanbic Bank to Iganga on February 7.
Ogola reportedly told the police that he was tired of hiding. The violent crime crack unit transferred him to Mbale central police station.
Tororo district police commander Patrick Awai said they did not extract any statement from Ogola before he was transferred.
Another source said Ogola told the police that he had been hiding in Kenya where he crossed with only Ksh4,000.
Mbale district police commander Stephen Musoke and the regional internal security officer, Lt. Emmanuel Musinguzi, said Ogola first fled to Nairobi before returning close to the Uganda-Kenya border.
“We arrested the man who helped him reach Nairobi,†he said.
Eastern regional Police commander Bob Ngobi said recently that the police had recovered sh80m from Ogola’s relative.
Soon after the theft, the police arrested several people for questioning including four back-up security guards who were on an escort pick-up truck behind the bullion van.
The driver reportedly turned off at Namutumba trading centre and drove to Tororo town where he abandoned the van.
Ends