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By Francis Otucu
Some Ugandans on social media are punching holes in the alleged attempted assassination of junior ICT Minister, Aidah Nantaba Erios on Sunday morning.
According to a police communication sent out last night, two men dressed in black leather suits and riding on a Suzuki sports motorbike trailed the Kayunga lawmaker over a distance of 40 kilometers. She was reportedly prompted to alert officers at Naggalama Police Division, who responded immediately before starting a pursuit of her ‘attackers’.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
“This death is a murder. Police should be investigated. Let’s respect life,” Enap said, while sports scribe, Patrick Kanyomozi put it humorously.
“That Nantaba assassination movie must have confused even our players,” Kanyomozi said.
The two men were riding on a sport motorbike with a registration number on. Secondly, they had national identity cards. These two scenarios differ with previous incidents of prominent killings in the country.
Lawyer Andrew Karamagi also ruled out Nantaba’s alleged attempted assassination, and posed eight questions he thought pertinent including among others, why the ‘assassins’ carried National IDs and Driver’s License; the number of people on the said bike; why the minister’s car was not damaged in the ‘shootout’; witnesses and the would-be killer gun.
“Was in car from Masaka to Kampala and there is this biker who was on a BMW probably on a Mbra-Kla route. We could overtake him, then after sometime he overtakes us and this continued until we all parted ways in the Kyengera jam. I am imagining such a rider in Nantaba’s situation,” Mathias Ssemanda.
“About The Assassination Attempt of Minister #Nataaba, Did any body see the Gun that was going to be used ??. So it’s the second guy with the GUN who ran off on foot from @PoliceUg !! ?. Somebody explain to me !!” Mukisa Walusimbi said.
Evelyn Lirri on Twitter said Minister #Nantaba survives ‘#assassination’ story doesn’t add up.
The police however remain confident that they will get to the bottom of the matter.
POLICE STATEMENT
‘Police at Nagalama are investigating circumstances under which two men dressed in black leather suits and riding a silver grey Suzuki sports motorcycle Reg No.UDL 822A, allegedly trailed, The Hon. Aida Nantaba Erios, The Hon. Minister of State for ICT and Woman Member of Parliament Kayunga District, in a threatening manner over a distance of 40 kms, from Sezibwa bridge up to Nagalama trading centre. It is alleged that two riders today 24th.March 2019 at around 11:00am rode past The Hon. Minsters official vehicle after, made a U-turn, drove back and pulled alongside the roadside market after Sezibwa Bridge. One of them came to the stall where she was buying fruits and pretended to seek for the direction to Kabimbiri trading centre . His suspicious conduct prompted her bodyguard to respond and they drove off.
The Hon. Minister upon realizing that she was being trailed, branched and alerted the police at Nagalama, about the suspicious conduct of the riders.
The two suspicious riders, upon noticing that the Hon. minister had branched and alerted the police at Nagalama , diverted and attempted to escape in the direction of Kimenyede – Mayangayanga Road .
The response teams at Nagalama, pursued them, and after a long chase forced them to abandon their sports motorcycle at Nagojje trading centre, several shots were fired in their direction, to cause them to surrender, but all in vain. In the process, Sebbulime Ronald a resident of Nakabugo Village, Nakabugo Parish, Pakiso Sub County, and Busiro County in Wakiso District was shot dead during the pursuit. The police is still searching the area with canine dogs for the second suspect, who is feared armed and dangerous.
We want to inform the public that The Hon. Minister, despite the scare is very safe and was not attacked at any stage as alleged in the media. Due to the signature technique of attacks from assailants perched on the back of moving motorcycles, the police is taking keen interest, in this investigation, to establish the motive of the suspects. The mobile phone to the deceased, the motorcycle and identification documents recovered are essential leads in our investigation’.
