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LRA field commander surrenders
ANOTHER LRA field commander, Maj. Acama, has surrendered to the UPDF with 30 fighters. Northern Uganda UPDF intelligence chief Lt. Col. Charles Otema-Awany said in Gulu yesterday that Acama surrendered inside Sudan during pursuit by the UPDF. "Maj. Acama came out on Thursday evening after the UPDF forced him to surrender with all his fighters. This is a big catch for us; just days after Joseph Kony's captain, Abola, surrendered and reported in Gulu with 28 fighters. This brings to 60 the number of rebels who came out this week," Otema-Awany said. Military reports earlier said Kony and his fighters were within the Kit II river valley in Sudan. Kony fled towards the Katire plains after the army dislodged him from the Imatong Hills. The army said Kony and his fighters were on the run trying to find other hideouts.Meanwhile, army spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza said the army killed eight rebels in an ambush in Owiny Kibul in southern sudan on Saturday. He said the rebels were commanded by LRA chief Joseph Kony's ADC Lakony. He said some 30 rebels were trying to sneak into Uganda to pick food from another rebel group led by Odhiambo, when the UPDF ambushed them. Bantariza said the UPDF forces were commanded by Capt Mukorogo. He said the troops recovered four sub-machine guns from the rebels. "The rebels lost food including goats and chicken. We are now running after the scattered ones," he said. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-05-03 |
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