The council had initially nominated Awach, Cwero, Ajulu and Paicho as potential hosts of the district headquarters but following the district`s full council meeting held on Tuesday yesterday, Awach was voted to host the district headquarters. This comes after the elevation of Gulu to a city status.
Police in Gulu are
holding four people for staging a roadblock blocking traffic along the Gulu-Kitgum
highway in protest of a decision by the Gulu district councilors for
moving the district headquarters to Awach town board.
The four arrested have been identified as Walter Toorach, James Odong,
Paul Lagada and Walter Okello, all residents of Cwero trading center in Paicho
Sub County Gulu district.
Police say the group of youth staged a roadblock by setting
fire on the highway protesting the decision by the Gulu district councilors to
take the district headquarters to Awach and not Cwero.
The council had initially nominated Awach, Cwero, Ajulu and
Paicho as potential hosts of the district headquarters, but following the full council meeting held yesterday, Awach was voted to
host the headquarters. This comes after the elevation of Gulu to a city
status.
Jimmy Patrick Okema, the Aswa region police spokesperson
says they dispatched a team at around 9:30 after receiving information that several
vehicles were stopped following a roadblock on the road. He says they shot 6 bullets in the air to calm situation which
had turned rowdy.
Okema says the four were arrested and will be charged with mounting an illegal
roadblock and inciting violence. He says they suspect some politicians to be behind the
incident saying further investigations are underway.
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Michael Ojok is a multi-channel reporter based in Gulu district (Northern Uganda). He is interested in humanitarian stories, culture, conflict, peace, environment, health and education.
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