Amos Onyango, a relative to the deceased says Apiyo left her home on Saturday to attend the burial of a neighbour on the same village but didn’t return. Onyango says Apiyo's lifeless body was discovered around 4:00 pm on Sunday.
Omoro police are hunting for the assailants behind the
billing of a 38-year-old woman over the weekend. The deceased has been identified as Irene
Apiyo, a resident of Uum village in Koro Sub-County.
Amos Onyango, a relative to the deceased says Apiyo left her home on Saturday
to attend the burial of a neighbour on the same village but didn’t return. Onyango
says Apiyo's lifeless body was discovered around 4:00 pm on Sunday.
She is suspected to have been killed by unknown
assailants. A case of murder has been entered at Koro Police Station vide
SD REF:13/18/10/2020. The Aswa River River Region Police Spokesperson, Patrick
Jimmy Okema, says Scene of Crime Officers visited the area and evacuated the deceased’s
body to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital for postmortem.
According to Okema, police have commenced investigations to
identify the killers. He has appealed to members of the public to assist police
investigations by providing clues that may lead to the identification of the
assistants.
Journalist
Ochola's journalism career begun from Radio King 90.2 FM in Gulu around 2009, and Radio Rupiny 95.7 Fm under Vision Group in 2012. He also reported for Mighty Fire 91.5 Fm, Kitgum in 2015 before joining Wizarts Foundation in 2017.
He has been reporting for Uganda Radio Network (URN) since 2017 before being posted as Bureau Chief Kitgum, and latr Gulu between 2018 - 2021. Currently, he reports from Parliament.
