By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
A driver to slain blogger, and social media critic, Ibrahim Tusuubira also known as Isma Olaxess and Jajja Iculi is among three people under police custody over the murder.
This was revealed by Police Spokesperson, ACP Fred Enanga today, 8th May, 2023 during a weekly security briefing at Police Headquarters, Naguru.
“Three individuals are being detained by the police in connection with the assassination of Blogger Isma Olaxess that took place over the weekend. Among the three suspects is Isma’s driver Wasswa,” Enanga says.
Enanga also revealed that Isma was shot by a pistol and not a SMG as originally reported.
Enanga’s statement in full
Investigations have indicated that the deceased on the fateful day played football in Munyonyo before he left and used the Entebbe Expressway and later had dinner at Nyakaana bar in Mutungo where he left at around 8:15pm for his home in Kyanja.
Our cyber teams are following a lead that as soon as they left Mutungo, when they reached Munyonyo roundabout, Isma received a phone call and asked the driver to park aside because the person behind the phone was telling him to wait for him there( at roundabout
They waited for the person behind the phone call in vain as he didn’t appear and they drove home until when they reached gate where they were attacked. It is not clear whether the caller is linked to the masterminds of this murder or not but our investigations will be able to establish in due course.
Teams from the Criminal Investigations Directorate, Crime Intelligence Directorate, Forensics and IT directorates of police have continued to unearth details which indicate that the shooting was not a random incident but rather targeted.
In the fresh details unearthed, there were two assailants using a pistol and not a sub machine gun as had earlier been reported and these emerged from a hideout near the deceased’s home before killing him.
The armed assailant fired multiple shots at close range killing him instantly. His driver remains unscathed despite bullets that riddled the driver’s side.
Our investigators used sniffer dogs at the crime scene in an effort to trace the shooters and that they followed the movement of the assailants up to the main road where they are believed to have boarded a motorcycle and escaped.
They (assailants) dropped one glove we believe was used by the shooter and our canine was able to help recover.”
The deceased’s driver, Mathias Wasswa took him home but was not injured during the shooting and he is currently in our protective custody to help out in investigations.
Outside the driver, we have been able to arrest two suspects. Together we have three people whom we are interviewing.
Following the gruesome murder, many members of the public have said the blogger’s shooting could have stemmed from his social media comments.
Everybody is bringing out their version but we ask the public to remain calm and patient. This continuous speculation is a disservice to the family and the public. These many versions are not verified.
We are aware some of his videos were controversial but we are yet to establish whether his murder is related to his social media work or other motives.
The blogger was buried on Sunday in Mukono district.
