Police have finally arrested Bright Muyingo, the Pastor of God’s Healing Power Church in Wakiso district for allegedly masterminding the robbery of Shillings 20 million from a member of his flock. Muyingo was picked up on Saturday together with two other suspects believed to have been his accomplices in the robbery.
Vincent Ssekate, the Police Professional Standards Unit-PSU spokesperson, says the pastor was arrested from the areas of Katwe after being tracked for a day. “The pastor has been arrested and is in police custody,” Ssekate told Uganda Radio Network.
The arrest of the suspects followed a complaint by the robbery victim Danny Kyomuhendo to the Police Professional Standards Unit (PSU) citing mismanagement of her case. The complaint was forwarded to the newly formed team investigating mismanaged cases.
Muyingo is accused of hiring two police officers identified as Sulaiman Kato and Kasango to rob the victim and lock her up in Katwe police cells, where she spent four days. It is alleged that during interrogation at the PSU headquarters in Naguru, the Policemen implicated Muyingo for having paid them to arrest the victim and release him from custody.
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