Police Re-Arrest Kigo Escapees
Apr 14, 2003
Police and security officials yesterday re-arrested two suspects said to be part of a gang of 15 top criminal suspects who escaped from Kigo Prisons last week.
By Geoffrey Kamali
Police and security officials yesterday re-arrested two suspects said to be part of a gang of 15 top criminal suspects who escaped from Kigo Prisons last week.
The suspects were arrested from a hideout in Jinja, which security sources declined to reveal, saying it would jeopardise their investigations.
Prior to his arrest, one of the suspects, Moses Gidudu, had been held in Kigo on charges of aggravated robbery and illegal possession of a firearm.
Yesterday his colleague was who had been nabbed had not been identified.
“We already have them. A team has gone to Jinja to pick them. We’ll let you know when they are here,†a source said last evening.
The Police Violent Crime Crack Unit (VCCU) chief, David Magara, declined to divulge details.
VCCU is an incarnation of the erstwhile Operation Wembley, which arrested the suspects.
A total of 13 other high profile criminal suspects, who also escaped from the prison, are still on the run.
The suspects are on murder, terrorism and aggravated robbery.
The suspects staged the daring Thursday early morning escape through a hole they carved in the weak and dilapidated prison wall.
Reports about the escape sent fear among Kampala residents that the fugitives would unleash another wave of terror against them but no related case has been reported so far.
Former Operation Wembley commander, Col. Elly Kayanja, who is also deputy Internal Security Organisation (ISO) chief, yesterday said several teams were deployed to try and net the fugitives.
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Police and security officials yesterday re-arrested two suspects said to be part of a gang of 15 top criminal suspects who escaped from Kigo Prisons last week.
The suspects were arrested from a hideout in Jinja, which security sources declined to reveal, saying it would jeopardise their investigations.
Prior to his arrest, one of the suspects, Moses Gidudu, had been held in Kigo on charges of aggravated robbery and illegal possession of a firearm.
Yesterday his colleague was who had been nabbed had not been identified.
“We already have them. A team has gone to Jinja to pick them. We’ll let you know when they are here,†a source said last evening.
The Police Violent Crime Crack Unit (VCCU) chief, David Magara, declined to divulge details.
VCCU is an incarnation of the erstwhile Operation Wembley, which arrested the suspects.
A total of 13 other high profile criminal suspects, who also escaped from the prison, are still on the run.
The suspects are on murder, terrorism and aggravated robbery.
The suspects staged the daring Thursday early morning escape through a hole they carved in the weak and dilapidated prison wall.
Reports about the escape sent fear among Kampala residents that the fugitives would unleash another wave of terror against them but no related case has been reported so far.
Former Operation Wembley commander, Col. Elly Kayanja, who is also deputy Internal Security Organisation (ISO) chief, yesterday said several teams were deployed to try and net the fugitives.
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