Former chilies employee arrested over manager’s death

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of Isaac Mugga, the former Manager of Chilies Fast Foods and Takeaway Restaurant in Ntinda, a Kampala suburb.

The suspect is Nelson Victor Ofwono alias Octopus. He was picked up from his hideout in Katooke Division in Nansana Municipality in Wakiso District in connection to the death of Mugga who was stabbed on March 31, 2021.

Mugga’s lifeless body was found lying in a pool of blood in the restaurant. Neighbours could not tell who had killed Mugga since they did not find anyone at the crime scene.

Workers at the restaurant told detectives that they had left Mugga balancing books in the evening before closing for the day. But to their shock, they found the restaurant wide open and Mugga’s lifeless body lying adjacent to his office. 

As police were trying to figure out who was behind the murder, a neighbour, whose Closed Circuit Television –CCTV cameras had captured a man with a masked face entering the premises provided footage.  

Upon getting the footage, police interrogated the workers and it was established that Mugga had a day earlier relieved Ofwono of his duties since the restaurant wasn’t making enough money because of the restrictions and curfew caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Detectives at Kira Road backed by crime intelligence launched a hunt for Ofwono who was picked up on Tuesday from his newly rented room in Nansana Municipality. 

The Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, said police tracked the deceased’s telephone signals until they reached his hideout. 

Police are handling the case vide CRB 266/2021. The Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID recorded 342 killings by stabbing in 2020. This means a person was stabbed to death almost every day.

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