By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The territorial Police in Tororo has arrested Okongo Gerald, a 25-year, resident of Asinga “B” village, Malaba Town Council, for the kidnap, aggravated defilement and murder of a one-and-a-half-year-old, female juvenile identified as Promise Atte.
According to Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson, Okongo was arrested over the weekend with the help of a police K9 dog.
He reveals that the toddler was last seen playing with a 2-year-old child on Friday, 30.06.2023 at around midnight, from Mama Musa’s bar, at Asinga “B” Zone, where her mother, Naziwa Grace, was drinking from.
The following day on 01.07.2023, at around 7:30am, the body of the 18-month-old victim was found lying dead in a cassava garden in Amagoro central. The K9 dog was introduced to the scene and led to the arrest of the suspect.
“The victim was kidnapped from Asinga “B” village, defiled and murdered in a cassava garden. She sustained vicious physical injuries across the body and her private parts. A pamper with faeces, was also recovered at the scene,” Enanga says.
The incident has left the community in Tororo and public, shocked and devastated, by the loss of lovely little girl, who lived a very short life, that was brought to a brutal end by a 25-year-old man, who should have been her protector instead. What is particularly horrifying is that the victim was still a toddler, dressed in pampers for very young children.
