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Deputy Police spokesperson SP Onyango 'survives' abduction
Declined to comment. Patrick Onyango
KAMPALA- Deputy Police spokesperson, SP Patrick Onyango, reportedly survived abduction on Thursday night at Kireka Trading Centre, near Kampala, when suspected criminals tried to grab him from a hired motorcycle on which he was riding.
Mr Onyango was reportedly moving on a boda boda at about 9 pm when men on another motorcycle, who were following him, tried to abduct him.
He was reportedly saved by his rider who sped towards a nearby group of people.
The assailants reportedly changed direction and sped off.
However, police spokesperson, Mr Emilian Kayima, in a statement denied that Mr Onyango survived being abducted.
"While SP Patrick Onyango was returing home last evening September 27th, at around 9:30 pm, he suspected that two boda boda riders were probably following him, with possibly a bad motive. He took action by changing strategy of his movement. He called upon the local police to intervene which was done immediately. The police escorted him home safely. He was not injured as alleged in some social media posts,” he said.
He said the police have already opened an investigation into the matter.
On September 8, former Buyende District Police Commander, Muhammad Kirumira was shot dead by men moving on a motorcycle at Bulenga Township on the Kampala-Mubende highway.
Operatives at the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence, Internal Security Organisation and Criminal Investigations Directorate have reportedly arrested nine suspects including Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police Ismael Ssenono, who was in charge of operations at Old Kampala Police Station, over the crime.
