The family of Sheikh Abdul Hamidu Lugemwa has cried out to the
Uganda Police Force to help them trace his whereabouts following his arrest
last week.
According to the family members, security operatives driving a minibus
alias drone picked up Sheikh Lugemwa from his home in Kyabakuza in Masaka City.
His wives Sumaya Nabukwasi, Mariam Nazziwa, Salina Naigaga, and Hadijah Babirye, say that the security
operatives told them they were taking their husband to the central police
station.
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out:…………..kyakubakolera kyona.”//
One of Lugwemwa’s children, says that
their father has been nursing injuries he sustained in the earlier arrest in 2019.
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Muhammad Nsubuga, the Southern Region Police Spokesperson, says that they do not have Lugemwa in
their custody.
He says that will continue
searching for him and notify the family about
his whereabouts.
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chekinze…………
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URN has
learnt from security sources that
Sheikh Lugemwa was picked up
for his alleged links to the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a designated terror group with bases in the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
UPDF and the DRC forces have since launched an
offense against the rebel bases dubbed Operation Shuja.
Davis Buyondo
Freelancer