By Editorial
The Paramount Chief of the Madi Stephen Drani Izakare, and Uganda Peoples Defence Forces officer, Maj. Trevor Kibuuka have been set free over accusations regarding crimes in Apaa area by the court in Adjumani District.
The court acquitted Chief Drani in a Friday court session after the Directorate of Public Prosecutions dropped several charges against him, jointly with others among them Maj. Kibuuka, the Second in Command of the 71st Battalion and Sector Commander Apaa.
Adjumani Magistrates Court presided over by Magistrate Innocent Omara held that the accused persons were now free after the state submission that the charges had been withdrawn.
On April 19, this year, the Madi Paramount Chief Drani was remanded to Openzinzi prison after he was charged with seven counts of attempted murder and three counts of assault.
The alleged charges resulted from the April 10th incident at large in Ngoro West village, Aliwara Parish in Itirikwa sub-county after a group of people attacked and burnt houses and food stores belonging to the Acholi people.
Paramount Chief Drani was arrested over Easter Sunday violence on Apaa land where it is alleged that the Chief and the soldier, Maj. Kibuuka incited a group of people who mobilized and tortured the locals in the area, and burnt houses.
They were accused of attempting to cause the death of seven people and assaulting others as well as burning children’s lips with burning cigarettes. END