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LC3 Chairperson Shot Dead In Cattle Raid
Aped Longole, the LC3 vice-chairperson of Napumpum sub-county in Kotido district, was killed by joint security forces in Karamoja. He died while transporting rustled animals from Napak to Kotido.
The incident was confirmed by Micheal Longole, the Karamoja region police spokesperson, who described it as unfortunate for a leader who should have been instrumental in assisting the government in combating cattle raids.
According to Longole, the deceased joined rustlers who went to rustle animals in Apeitolim sub-county, Napak district. “They were able to raid animals, but as they were driving them to Kotido through Abim, they landed in an ambush set up by UPDF and ASTU and were shot at,” he explained.
Longole, he claims, was killed alongside another rustler. According to Major Isaac Oware, spokesperson for the UPDF 3rd Infantry Division, the killing of the chairperson demonstrates that the region’s leaders were actively participating in cattle rustling.
“The same leaders who blame regional security for not putting an end to rustling are also involved in the raids,” he said.
