Mob lynch patient from Arua regional referral hospital

By Mike Rwothomio

Mob in Arua city have lynched Aluma Akbar aged 33, a resident of Charanga Parish, Yumbe District who was attending treatment at Arua Regional referral hospital.

He was murdered along Mvara road in  Arua city on the night of 26th June 2023 at an unknown time.

The West Nile Regional Police Spokesperson SSP  Josephine Angucia in a Statement said,  upon receiving information about the murder of the deceased, officers visited the crime scene and recovered exhibits.

Angucia said preliminary findings indicate that the deceased had escaped from Arua Regional referral hospital where he was admitted to the TB ward on the 22nd of this month.

“As investigations commenced, it was discovered that the deceased who was later identified as Aluma Akbar, a male adult aged 33 years old has been a resident of Charanga Parish, Yumbe town Council in Yumbe District. He was brought to Arua Regional Referral Hospital from Yumbe as a patient and was then admitted on 22nd June 2023 in TB Ward. However, he escaped from the Regional Referral Hospital on the night of 26th June at an unknown time and moved towards Mvara direction where he was beaten to death by unknown persons. It’s not yet established whether the deceased moved out of the hospital bed on a bad mission or due to a mental problem as a result of the sickness. No arrest made yet, investigations continue under Arua Central Business Division CRB 517/2023.

She added that  “We continue to urge members of the public to desist from taking the law into their hands by acting irrationally as such practices are not only barbaric but also unlawful.”

The boy of the deceased was conveyed to Arua regional referral hospital for autopsy.