KAMPALA: Police have arrested another man whom they claim has been the one keeping and transporting bomb-making materials on behalf of suicide bombers allied to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels.
After arresting Isma Kiyemba, a 24-year-old suspected member of the ADF terror cell in Lweeza, where they recovered an assortment of terror-related exhibits, police now say they have arrested Twaha Ssegujja, aka Kisembo Joseph, a 37-year-old resident of Nakuwadde village, Nakabugo Parish in Wakiso district.
According to Fred Enanga, the police spokesman, they have established that the suspect came to Kampala in 2007, from Kanyamiyaga village, Nyamiti parish, Kagadi district and joined the bodaboda industry.
After 11 years, in 2018, he was recruited into the ADF ranks, and went to the Eastern DRC, for military training. In furtherance of the ADF plans in Uganda, Enanga said he sneaked back into the country, with an AK47, and started carrying out tasks assigned to him by Meddie Nkalubo, aka Benjamin, aka Abubaker Saleh aka Isaac, who is suspected to be in South Africa or Zambia.
“The terror suspect was disguising as a Boda Boda rider and also had a shop at Nakuwadde village that he was renting from Swaleh Abubaker. A thorough search was conducted at the shop, where he found a hidden store, with an assortment of weapons and bomb-making materials,” he said.
Enanga said the items recovered included; an AK 47 Riffle, that had no magazine, a silver grenade bomb concealed in a laptop bag, 9 pairs of green gumboots, 5 airtel lines and two Itel phones, 389 detonating roads, 3 suspected explosive boosters, 2 bags of ammonium nitrate, packed in sugar sacks and 7 tins of chemical fluids, among others.
“The two sets of recoveries and arrests within last week, have dealt a big blow to the ADF terror cells. The suspect Twaha Ssegujja was the main courier of the ADF networks and was actively involved in transporting the bomb-making materials and other weapons amongst their operatives. He had newly shifted in the area, where he had spent only 21/2 months from 15.09.2021,” Enanga said.
The public should know that the terror threats against Ugandans and other citizens in the country still exist.
“As the Joint Security Agencies, we continue with our operations aimed at preventing, deterring, stopping, and dismantling the ADF infrastructure in the country; and any other deadly plots against Ugandans and other citizens in the country,” he added.