At least 10 Makerere university students have been arrested in connections to the recent brutal murder of Emmanuel Tegu, third year veterinary student at the same university.
Patrick Onyango, the PRO KMP told reports today that police carried out operations and some suspects were arrested.
“Today, police carried out an intelligence led operation and arrested 10 suspects in connection to the death of Tegu. All suspects are residents of Makerere university in Kampala,” he said.
Onyango didn’t disclose the identities of the suspects arguing that they shall be disclosed upoñ interrogations.
“The suspects whose identities will be disclosed after interrogations ,are said to have participated in the mob action that led to the death of the student,” he added.
He added; “There are other suspects who after receiving the information of the death of the student, but our teams are pursuing them.”
He said the suspects are currently detained at Wandegeya police station.
Tegu was allegedly killed by LDUs on 28th June while from having prayers but police has since denied the allegations claiming that he was a mad boy who was killed by a mob of students who mistook him to be a thief.
Emmanuel Tegu alias Emma Tegu’s death spread like wildfires prompting many people attack the image of the Uganda police institution.
Fred Enanga, the police spokes person recently told reports that Tegu had a mental problem that forced him to go and pray at night, when a police man on patrol around st. Francis chapel sent him away, “he went on to attack askaris of a bank who alarmed for rescue causing a mob of Lumumba students to ascend on a fellow student who never held an ID,”
However, Kateregga Julius, the Man Guild President refuted claims saying that Tegu was a prayerful preacher around campus and has never been mad or caught stealing any property.
Other reports allege that Tegu told his mother on a death bed that he was lynched by LDUs not students as police alleges.
Tegu passed on and was buried on July5th.
