Bukwo District Chief Administrative Officer Charles Ogwang has become the latest victim of attacks by men in uniforms similar to those of the military who terrorize motorists on the Matugga and Kalule stretch along the Gulu Highway.
Unfortunately for Ogwang, he has succumbed to the injuries inflicted by the attackers’ bullets.
Police and Uganda People Defense forces-UPDF are investigating the shooting of the now-deceased CAO.
Ogwang was attacked and shot at Kiryowa village few kilometers after Matugga town as he was driving from Kampala to Lira at around 11pm.
Ogwang was driving his official car registration number UG 0865Z which also caught fire in the shooting. Ogwang later died at Bombo Military Hospital where he had been rushed for treatment
The Deputy Police Spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Luke Owoyesigyire said that unidentified assailants shot at him several times and he sustained severe injuries.
He added that officers from both Matuga and Kasangati Police stations rushed to the scene only to find the car on fire before they extinguished it. Owoyesigyire said that Police are hunting for the killers to establish their motive.May his soul rest in Eternal Peace. END.
