This afternoon, there was a shooting in Masaka District where an LDU officer shot dead his pregnant wife, Jacqueline Asaasira and the LC1 who was allegedly having an affair with his wife.
According to the DPC of Masaka, the UPDF reserve officer was called Robert Muyaga. The cause of the disagreement among the three is believed to be a love affair between LDU Officer Muyaga’s wife and the LC1 chairperson identified as Francis Musaasizi
The act of the crime is documented in a CCTV video clip that is circulating around social media. In the clip, the LC 1 chairperson is seen arriving at a clinic on Elgin Street in Masaka. People originally assumed that this was a boda-boda transporter.
DPC Abbass Senyonjo has confirmed the death of Mr Musaasizi the LC 1 chairperson . The alleged wife of the LDU officer died at the Masaka regional referral hospital on arrival.
The blood-soaked body of the LC 1 chairperson was removed from the scene of the crime by the Police.
According to Major Flavia Terimulungi, the spokesperson of the Kasijjagirwa Armoured Brigade, the unit was sent out to look for and arrest Mr Miyaga.
Mr Miyaga was found and he resisted arrest by shooting at the unit. The Armoured brigade returned fire and killed him.
