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The duo was allegedly attempting to bribe Detective ASP Japhar Kalinaki,
According to police, the suspects of whom one is a wife of a murder suspect called Innocent Onzima, appeared at police on Sunday, April 14t, and handed cash to the CID officer asking he sets free
Police report indicate that on
"After killing him, his body was dumped inside his pit latrine. They accused him of being rich," reads part of the report.
Josephine Angucia, the regional police spokesperson for West Nile, said that after the committing the offences, all the suspects allegedly escaped to hide in
She revealed that suspects, while in hiding, received information that OC CID Detective
However, when the new
On
"On Sunday, the two suspects of bribery came to the station and entered into the office of the current OC CID Arua, and handed over SHs2 million to him such that he kills the murder case against their relative Innocent Onzima and set him free," Angucia said.
This irked Detective Kalinaki, who ordered their arrest.
"A case of bribing a police officer on duty was registered under SD reference 16/14/04/2024.
Statements were obtained from the two suspects, as well as from witnesses. The Shs2 million was recovered and exhibited.
Their casefile was forwarded to Resident State Attorney and sanctioned accordingly.
They were taken to Arua court on Monday afternoon to answer to the offence of bribing a police officer.
Relatedly, the case file of murder was also sanctioned and the suspect one Innocent Onzima was also taken to Arua court to answer to the charge of murder.
Angucia further served a warning to the public saying that the arrest of the two who bribed police with money to kill a murder case should be a lesson that the police is a professional institution that does not encourage corruption.
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