Youth face arrest over threatening IDPs
Mar 09, 2009
GULU district security committee has ordered for an operation to arrest a group of over 50 youths suspected to be threatening internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Lalogi sub-county from returning to their villages.
By Dennis Ojwee
GULU district security committee has ordered for an operation to arrest a group of over 50 youths suspected to be threatening internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Lalogi sub-county from returning to their villages.
The committee in a meeting held over the weekend said the presence of the youths reportedly hiding in the bushes could culminate into a major security threat.
The meeting was held to find solutions to a land row that ended in the death of Simon Ojok from the Palaro clan on February 28 after a fight in a night club in Acet, Odek sub-county.
Residents accused the former Lalogi LC5 councillor, Ben Accellam and the Gombolola Intelligence Officer, William Lukwiya for taking advantage of Ojok’s death to cause a rift between the Palaro and Lukwor clans with the help of the youths.
The meeting chaired by the resident district commissioner, Col. Walter Ochora, heard that the youths were mobilised by the two officials to stop the IDPs from the Lukwor clan from going back to their villages.
Some Special Police Constables from Lalogi were also suspected to be involved.
Charles Odongkara, a teacher at Acet Primary School, told the meeting that the fighting between the youths of Lukwor and Palaro that led to death of Ojok was not related to the land wrangle.
“Those boys just fought over a woman. It was never connected to a land wrangle in Lalogi,†Odongkara said.
Ochora told the meeting that Acellam, Lukwiya and the identified 15 youth would be arrested as investigations into the matter continue.
GULU district security committee has ordered for an operation to arrest a group of over 50 youths suspected to be threatening internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Lalogi sub-county from returning to their villages.
The committee in a meeting held over the weekend said the presence of the youths reportedly hiding in the bushes could culminate into a major security threat.
The meeting was held to find solutions to a land row that ended in the death of Simon Ojok from the Palaro clan on February 28 after a fight in a night club in Acet, Odek sub-county.
Residents accused the former Lalogi LC5 councillor, Ben Accellam and the Gombolola Intelligence Officer, William Lukwiya for taking advantage of Ojok’s death to cause a rift between the Palaro and Lukwor clans with the help of the youths.
The meeting chaired by the resident district commissioner, Col. Walter Ochora, heard that the youths were mobilised by the two officials to stop the IDPs from the Lukwor clan from going back to their villages.
Some Special Police Constables from Lalogi were also suspected to be involved.
Charles Odongkara, a teacher at Acet Primary School, told the meeting that the fighting between the youths of Lukwor and Palaro that led to death of Ojok was not related to the land wrangle.
“Those boys just fought over a woman. It was never connected to a land wrangle in Lalogi,†Odongkara said.
Ochora told the meeting that Acellam, Lukwiya and the identified 15 youth would be arrested as investigations into the matter continue.