JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Kakira is investigating a suspected ritual murder of Nakisuyi Trinity Nabirye Zabella, 4, and a daughter to Mr John Mulodi, resident of Kakira market zone, Kakira town council in Jinja district.
Kiira Regional Police Spokesperson ASP James Mubi says that the child reportedly went missing on September 30, 2021 and a case of disappearance was registered at CPS Kakira vide SD Ref. 49/01/10/2021.
He adds that from the said time, the parents of the girl and police have been going to various radio stations in Jinja and Iganga in efforts to have the child recovered in vain.
”The child reportedly went missing on September 30, 2021 and a case of disappearance was registered at CPS Kakira vide SD Ref. 49/01/10/2021. From that time the parents of the girl and police have been going to various radio stations in Jinja and Iganga in efforts to have the child recovered but in vain,” ASP Mubi said.
Mubi said that the prime suspects, a self proclaiming Prophet Joseph Sserubiri and his wife Felista Namaganda are Mulodi’s tenants and they rented a garage and turned it into a Church called Deliverance and Healing Ministries Kakira.
ASP Mubi James confirmed the arrest citing that police managed to track the Prophet’s mobile phone numbers and the duo, have been arrested successfully after thorough interrogations of the accused persons who admitted and testified for having murdered the child in the church with the motive of establishing powerful deliverance church in Kakira.
Police says that the prophet had a fake recommendation letter which he presented to the landlord in an introductory manner.
”This letter, which could be a recommendation letter is fake because it reads Deliverance and Healing Ministries Nansana, but we came to understand that this Church doesn’t exist and the phone numbers in the fake letter reads Joseph Serubiri which enabled security in tracking them down,” said Mubi
”Police tracked the Prophet’s mobile phone numbers and the duo have been arrested successfully, after thorough interrogations of the accused persons, they admitted having murdered the child in the church with the motive of establishing powerful deliverance church in Kakira,” Mubi confirmed.
The suspects led police to the place they buried the corpse and police learnt that the suspects first beheaded the girl before meeting her death.
Police retrieved the head of the girl which was buried in Wanyange Lake, while the remaining body part was buried in Kinyoro sugarcane plantations in Kakira town council.
Police gathered exhibits of blood stained trousers belonging to the so called prophet, the house which was turned into a Church had some blood strains.
ASP Mubi called upon all locals to be vigilant always and he cautioned landlords to first cross-check the people they are inviting and not to only value money.
”When someone comes to you, don’t just looking at money but they should know the kind of people and their behaviors. It’s a responsibility for landlords, this one calls himself a prophet but he sacrificed the child if the landlord,” Mubi added.
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