{"id":52936,"date":"2023-07-20T21:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sfc-soldier-tortures-his-nephew-to-death"},"modified":"2023-07-20T22:40:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T22:40:06","slug":"sfc-soldier-tortures-his-nephew-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sfc-soldier-tortures-his-nephew-to-death","title":{"rendered":"SFC soldier tortures his nephew to death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Security agencies are hunting a soldier working with the elite Special Forces Command (SFC), who allegedly tortured his nephew to death in Amolatar District following a domestic brawl.<\/p>\n

The suspect, [names withheld], allegedly tied Luke Obia, 25, to a tree and beat him to death at the soldier\u2019s residence at Inomo Cell, Inomo Ward in Amolatar Town Council on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

The deceased was also a resident of the same area.<\/p>\n

Trouble started when the deceased reportedly picked up a quarrel with one of his uncles at a drinking joint on the outskirts of Amolatar Town on the fateful day.<\/p>\n

Ms Milden Acen, a neighbour, said when the soldier \u2013 who had gone to buy drugs at the nearby clinic \u2013 found his relatives quarrelling, he attempted to intervene, resulting in a fistfight.<\/p>\n

She said at some point, Obia fell down after the soldier dealt him a heavy blow.<\/p>\n

\u201cObia decided to go back home. After reaching home, he turned his anger to his two female children and started beating them, claiming they had failed to bring the goats home,\u201d the neighbour said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter receiving information that Obia was beating the innocent children, the soldier then sent a group of energetic youth to go and bring the father of two so that he could be subjected to some kind of disciplinary measures. He was brought, tied to a tree and beaten into a coma.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen his (deceased\u2019s) uncle Moses Oruk \u2013 the Inomo clan chief \u2013 returned, Obia was no more,\u201d Ms Acen added.<\/p>\n

The late Obia left behind a woman and two children.<\/p>\n

Efforts to get a comment from the chairman of Inomo Cell, Mr Okwel Abili, were unsuccessful by press time.<\/p>\n

However, a family source, who preferred anonymity, said there were plans to forgive the soldier since both the offender and the offended are relatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cInomo clan chief of Amolatar District held a meeting with other clan leaders on Monday and a suggestion was mooted to forgive since it was an accident,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

Mr Francis Odoki Okello, the area Resident District Commissioner (RDC), who is also the head of Amolatar District security committee, confirmed the incident. \u201cI was notified about the incident that happened where there had been a quarrel in a homestead and this particular soldier started beating his clan brother, which eventually led to his death,\u201d the RDC told this publication on the phone yesterday.<\/p>\n

He said after allegedly committing the said crime, the soldier fled to Nakasongola Barracks where he is attached.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are following up the issue. So far, five people, including the father of the deceased, are already in custody [at Amolatar Central Police Station] . And we are following up on this particular soldier who led to the death of Obia,\u201d Mr Odoki Okello said.<\/p>\n

The RDC added that the security had requested the soldier\u2019s father to trace his son\u2019s whereabouts and compel him to report to the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, the police CID team is doing their investigations and I am yet to have a detailed report from the CID in that regard,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Maj Stephen Tumwesigye, the UPDF 5th Infantry Division spokesperson, said investigations into the incident and search for the suspect have commenced.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf found to be true, the soldier will be arrested and arraigned before courts of law as this contravenes the UPDF code of conduct and our constitutional mandate of protecting Ugandans with their property,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are doing everything possible to have him arrested so that we can have his side of the story. There are already credible leads on where the said soldier is heading or hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n

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