Police hunt for former MP and accomplices for aggravated robbery and torture.

The Territorial Police in Aswa Region and Pader district, are hunting for Hon. Odonga Otto and his accomplices, accused of viciously beating 3 victims, who had gone to buy charcoal, in one of the homesteads in Laorogali village, Atanga sub-county, in Pader district on the 30.04.2023 at around 3:30pm.

The 3 victims include; Ssemanda Charles, Wagwana Yusuf and Takafa Erisata who had loaded 12 bags of charcoal in their Fuso truck registration number UBA 600B. The group assaulted them using sticks and pangas, and allegedly robbed cash 1,097,700/= (One million ninety seven thousand, seven hundred shillings) only from Ssemanda Charles. They also vandalised the Fuso truck and stole two motor vehicle batteries, a motor vehicle radio, woofer, motor vehicle key and tarpline. The attackers further damaged the wind screen, the fuel tank and tyres of the Fuso truck. The victims were later released and they reported the matter at Atanga police station.

Uganda Police Force spokesperson Fred Enanga has revealed that a serious manhunt for the Hon. Odonga Otto and all those who participated in the torture by caning and beating is active and ongoing.

Enanga said, "We wish to remind the public that torture, through the use of corporal punishment or any other form of physical assault, are punishable by law." He added that, "we therefore, urge the former law maker to avoid taking the law in his hands and misleading other members of the public, into acts of lawlessness and impunity. As the Joint Security Agencies, we remain committed to pursuing all incidents of torture and will ensure that all perpetrators responsible are identified and charged to court."