Agency
In the quiet hours of Friday morning, as Gulu City stirred awake, a political mystery that had lingered for weeks quietly unfolded inside the Chief Magistrate’s Court, when Dr Lina Zedriga Waru, the Deputy President of the National Unity Platform (NUP), re-emerged.
For more than 20 days, rumours swirled, particularly in Northern Uganda, that Dr Zedriga was being held at the Fourth Infantry Division headquarters in Gulu.
While the National Unity Platform insisted that she had been abducted by men in military uniform, security agencies rejected the claims, raising more questions about her whereabouts.
Without fanfare, prior notice, or Press Alert, Dr Zedriga, 64, appeared before a magistrates Court Presided over by Augustine Alule, where she was charged with inciting violence and remanded to prison. Although this ended weeks of uncertainty about her whereabouts, it raised many more questions.
Aswa West Police Spokesperson David Ongom Mudong dismissed the reference to the police station, stating that no such facility exists and that the regional police leadership had no record of authorising the charges.
He said that the police did not have any involvement in her arrest, detention, or charging. Mudong further said he could not account for where Dr Zedriga had been held or from where she was produced in court, adding that available information suggested she had been brought from Kampala rather than Gulu.
