Operatives from the Directorate of Crime Intelligence have a rested a boda boda rider who has been on the run since last year after allegedly taking part in the shs2.2billion robbery at the home of NRM treasurer, Barbara Nekesa.
Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga said Ivan Lukungu,25, also known as Pallaso has been on the run since December, 5, 2023 when the robbery orchestrated by police officers happened.
He said operatives tracked him down and arrested him in Masaka City.
“The operatives arrested Lukungu by building up on the intelligence they had gathered and tracked him down in Masaka City after about three days of active surveillance and later arrested along Edward Street in Masaka,” Enanga said.
He explained that on arrest and subsequent interrogation, Lukungu confessed to having participated in the robbery in Muyenga which he got shs12o million as his share of the loot.
“He bought a Toyota Harrier at shs62 million, a restaurant at shs10 million, a house in Nyendo Mukungwe at shs20 million, a plot along Nabugabo -Masaka road at shs15 million, an electric shop at good will for shs16 million,” Enanga said.
The arrest of Lukungu brings the number of suspects arrested in connection to the robbery to 13.
His co-accused who among others include police officers have since been arraigned before the Chief Magistrates Court in Makindye on aggravated robbery charges and remanded to Luzira Prison.
Police last week told journalists that the plan to break into Nekesa’s home was orchestrated by a police guard who had stayed at the home for over a year and a half.
He would later get colleagues with whom he planned the heist by switching off the CCTV cameras to the house.
On the fateful day, the group entered the home at around 10pm and waited until 5am when they raided the maids’ quarters and forced them to enter the main house where they forced Nekesa to reveal where the money is kept.
Police said Nekesa reported that shs41 million belonging to her and shs2.2 billion belonging to her husband and businessman, Hajji Suleiman Lumolo was stolen during the robbery.
