19-year-old man implicated prime suspect in Wobulenzi MicroFinance attack

By Olivia Nabaggala

21^st Dec 2022

Police have named 19-year-old Bashir Lubega as the prime suspect in the attack on Advance Smart Micro Finance in Wobulenzi Town Council in Luweero district, which claimed the life of a security guard.

Lubega was picked up in an operation involving the Flying Police Squad unit and detectives from Luweero Central Police Station early this week.

Police also recovered two SAR rifles, which Lubega is suspected to have stolen from private security guards.

Lubega, who is currently locked up at Luweero Central Police Station, allegedly disguised himself as a mentally ill man during the attack on Advance Smart Micro Finance in Modern Zone in Wobulenzi town.

He reportedly shot dead 20-year-old Leone Odongo, a private guard with SGA Security Company, and made off with his rifle.

Patrick Lule, the Acting Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson, says that Lubega confessed to masterminding the attack and helped Police to dig up the two guns he had stolen.

On Tuesday, the Flying Squad and detectives took Lubega back to the scenes of his alleged crimes and training ground at a sand quarry located at Lutembe village in Katikamu sub-county.

It is alleged that Lubega told the operatives that he didn’t want to kill the guard but he refused to voluntarily surrender his arm.

Police have since preferred charges of aggravated robbery and murder against Lubega.