The chairperson of LC I has been arrested for stealing a sheep.
Stephen Arikod, the LCI chairperson of Agurur Onamudiana village Akadot Parish in Pallisa sub-county, was named as the suspect.
A village chairperson was arrested on stealing charges by police at the Komolo Akadot police post in Pallisa’s eastern district.
The arrest was confirmed by Detective AIP Peter Olupot, the OC CIID at Komolo Akadot police station, who said police sprung into action after receiving a call from members of the public who intended to lynch a thief.
Stephen Arikod, the LCI chairperson of Agurur Onamudiana village Akadot Parish in Pallisa sub-county, was named as the suspect.
The suspect is a former member of the UPDF.
According to Olupot, the defendant, who is presently in custody awaiting transfer to CPS Pallisa, was apprehended with a sheep belonging to a widow last night, August 25, 2021, about 11 p.m. by a group of enraged citizens.
A group of enraged citizens, on the other hand, has expressed alarm over their chairperson’s actions, claiming that he has been accused of questionable deals.
A resident, Peter Nduga, urged for the law to be followed, claiming that their chairperson’s acts have brought the community and other leaders untold disgrace.
He claims their chairman is a serial thief who collaborates with other crooks to steal motorcycles and animals.
Residents have been living in terror, according to Jessica Beatrice Mpindi, since the community has been dealing with theft instances, and when such crimes were reported to him, he seemed unconcerned.
