28 June 2016

ADF deputy commander killed, says DR Congo




The Democratic Republic of Congo army has claimed to have killed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) deputy commander and 41 others in the eastern part of the country.






The death of Hood Lukwago, the ADF overall commander, is a big blow to the rebel group that is operating both in Uganda and DRC.
According to DR Congo local press, the military spokesperson of Sokola Operations I and the Far North Operational sector in the country, Lt Mak Hazukay, their forces killed Lukwago, the deputy commander and the second in command of the ADF rebel group after a fierce battle in which they lost five soldiers.






Lt Hazukay told journalists that Lukwago was killed on June 13 in a joint operation with United Nations troops.
He said they captured a dozen ADF rebels and recovered 13 AK 47 and two rocket launchers.






Lukwago and his boss Sheikh Musa Baluku remained in Beni territory when ADF tactfully split after UN and DRC forces captured their bases in eastern DR Congo in April, 2014.






No communication yet
When Daily Monitor contacted the UPDF spokesperson, Lt Col Paddy Ankunda, about Lukwago’s death, he said: “We have not received such information yet.”
Since 2014 when the UN and DR Congo forces started an offensive ADF bases in eastern Congo, the rebel group leaders started fleeing deep in the forests or to the neighbouring countries.






Jamil Mukulu, the leader of the rebel group fled to Tanzania where he was arrested last year and extradited to Uganda.






Mukulu and 34 others are currently battling treason charges.
According to UN reports, ADF attacks on civilians have left at least 500 people dead and thousands displaced since December 2014.
At least four ADF leaders were put on red notice by International Police.
Congo accuses the rebel group of killing and abducting its citizens.






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