KAMPALA-UGANDA/NEWSDAY: Police on Monday launched a massive hunt for bodaboda riders who killed a former UN driver, Aziz Bashir after a road accident in Kampala.
Two suspects have so far been arrested for their involvement in the violent murder.
Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga says that the Kampala Metropolitan Police (KMP) traffic and Homicide Departments, are actively investigating the tragic and horrific incident of murder, which occurred following a minor traffic accident.
“We are now working towards the identity and arrest of all culprits involved at the first scene, including the initial boda-boda rider, who brushed the victim’s car; those who gave him a chase, and beat him to death,”Enanga said.
And the Inspector General of Police Okoth Ochola has ordered the Director Traffic and Road Safety, to embark on an aggressive type of traffic enforcement, targeting undisciplined and erratic motorists, especially boda-boda riders.
Police has also expanding a sensitization and awareness program on anger management in close coordination with all members of the transport sector on how to use soft language and skills, recording incidents, and alerting the nearest police station.
Aziz was killed on Sunday October 17, 2021 at Lungujja near Lyna Primary School in Mengo in a senseless murder. He was aged 40.
Aziz was driving Toyota Allex car UBK 393D, from Mengo to Nateete and involved in a minor accident, with a bodaboda rider, who brushed against his car.
“The victim jumped out of his vehicle and tried to negotiate and prevail over the bodaboda rider, but all in vain. The bodaboda rider instead rode away,” Enanga said.
As a result the victim jumped into his vehicle, so as to pursue the rider, but was blocked from the front by other bodaboda riders. During the process, he accidentally knocked two of the bodaboda riders, who had blocked his car and dragged one of the motorcycles, a distance of about one kilometer. The injured bodaboda victim, identified as Magala Hakim was rushed to Lubaga Hospital, for further treatment, by Ssemwanga Ivan, on bodaboda registration number UFJ 311G.
“This led to a vicious chase by a gang of bodaboda riders, who caught up with the driver, at Lyna Primary School. He then jumped out of the vehicle and attempted to run, but was over powered by a gang of bodaboda riders who subdued and stoned him to death,” Enanga said Aziz succumbed to the injuries inflicted on him and died at the spot.
Not the first case
Police says that bodaboda riders are often accused of harassing other road users but called on drivers to remain calm, abiding by the traffic code.
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