The Obongi District Security Committee (DSC) has dispatched a team of experts to search for three missing people who had gone to look for the policeman who drowned in River Nile last night.
The missing persons were last seen Sunday morning when they entered into the river in search for the drowned officer.
RDC Samuel Mpimbaza Hashaka says he was prompted to call an urgent DSC meeting Sunday evening to devise means by which the three missing persons could be found.
The DSC dispatched a team of police marine divers, medical personnel, security and 3 wanainchi who have been assigned to search for the missing persons.
The RDC, DCIDO, UNRA ferry station manager Obongi and OC station were by 10:00pm still at Obongi landing site waiting to see what the team could return with.
It all started when 40-Year-old PC Justin Lubangakene attached to Field Force Unit (FFU) died Saturday night in the river Nile waters after he allegedly jumped into the river while on duty.
The incident happened at Obongi landing site where Obongi ferry docks in Obongi district on the Nile.
Police statement revealed the deceased
Lubangakene was on night duty on the ferry with his colleague Tadeo Azabu.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the deceased tied a mosquito net on where he intended to take cover within the ferry and tested for while.
He later woke up, abandoned his SMG rifle and threw himself in the river.
Police say that Azabu discharged two bullets after realizing that his colleague had drowned.
“We have detained him to aide our investigations. We need to know from him what exactly happened leading to the death of his colleague,” said Hashaka on Sunday morning.
The RDC together with the police team led by Obongi District Police Commander, Bashir Bakulumpagi spent the night at the landing site searching for the body.
