Police increase bounty for Ndiga Clan Head killer to Shs20m

Kampala, (UG):- The Criminal Investigations Directorate of Police (CID) has increased to Shs20 the reward offer for anyone with information leading to the arrest of Lujja Bbosa Tabula, the mastermind and key suspect in the murder of businessman and former Head of Ndiga (Sheep) clan, Eng Daniel Bbosa.

The Uganda Police Spokesperson, Mr Fred Enanga revealed this while addressing journalists at police’s weekly press briefing at Naguru headquarters on Monday morning.

“@CID1_UG has increased the reward offered for the arrest or credible information that can lead to the arrest of Lujja Bbosa Tabula, aged 38, who is wanted for alleged masterminding the murder by shooting of Eng. Daniel Bbosa, a businessman and former “NDIGA” Clan leader, from Ugx 10m to Ugx 20 million,” said Enanga.

Eng Bbosa, who was also the Director of Transa Electrical was shot dead on February 25 while driving back home with his wife and maid at Lungujja Parish at around 6 pm.

Recently, the Police offered a substantial cash reward of Shs10 million awaits any member of the public who avails us credible information that can lead to the arrest of Lujja, but after weeks of fruitless search, the CID has now doubled up the sum to intensify his arrest.

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According to preliminary police investigations, Lujja is the person who reportedly led the case files in the Buganda Traditional Court locally known as Kooti ya Kisekwa on a leadership dispute in the Ndiga Clan which was ruled in 2022 in favour of the complainants.

The court would later nullify the leadership of Daniel Bbosa as the head of the Ndiga Clan after evidence presented proved that he was not the rightful holder of the position. Eng Bbosa however refused to hand over the office until he was gunned down by the assailants near his residence at Lungujja in Rubaga division last week on Sunday.

Police in its ongoing investigations discovered that Tabula, a resident of Kabango village in Mpigi district masterminded the killing by outsourcing the killer guns and mobilizing assassins.

The Police’s Crime Intelligence Unit recently said Tabula is reportedly hiding in Kenya and thus a search for the fugitive has now crossed borders to have him apprehended and arraigned before the courts of law.

“We have received information suggesting that the suspect may have fled the country and could be hiding in Kenya. However, no corner of the world is too remote for the joint intelligence agencies to pursue.” Mr Enanga said last Monday, before urging the public to continue providing information, emphasizing that the bounty remains available.

Enanga said police will continue to haunt Lujja until he is arrested and urged him to hand himself into the forces before it is too late.

“We ask the suspect to turn himself in to defend himself. The longer he hides,  the more guilty he is and might commit other crimes. We are confident we are going to find him. Our CID and Crime Intelligence teams  will use all available tools to locate Tabula Bbosa.”

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Last week, five of the seven suspects arrested in connection to Bbosa’s murder were arraigned before the Magistrate’s Court at Mwanga II in Mengo and charged before being remanded to Luzira Prison until April 11.

The five include; Lujja Noah, 21, a resident of Kabanga Village in Mpigi, Nakiguli Harriet Nakiguli, 40, a resident of Nkere Zone in Kawempe, Nakabale Joseph, 47, of Gala Village in Mpigi, Mayanja Ezra, 44, of Kiganda Zone in Mpigi and Milly Naluwenda, 46, a clerk at Buganda Kingdom’s Kisekwa Court in Mengo and resident of Kitunzi Zone in Rubaga.

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