{"id":46126,"date":"2021-03-23T18:14:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=46126"},"modified":"2021-03-24T07:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T04:16:03","slug":"mp-odonga-otto-arrested-in-gulu-over-assault-illegal-possession-of-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/mp-odonga-otto-arrested-in-gulu-over-assault-illegal-possession-of-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Odonga Otto arrested in Gulu over assault, Illegal possession of firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY IVAN TOLIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>Officers from police Criminal Investigations Department have arrested Aruu North Member of Parliament Samuel Odonga Otto over alleged assault and illegal possession of a firearm<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy CID Director Francis Olobo, confirms that Otto was arrested this afternoon while at a hotel in Gulu city together with his brother Tadeo Oloya on allegation of obstructing lawful arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u00a0has cases against him,\u00a0 he assaulted a \u00a0driver\u00a0 and causing\u00a0 malicious damage, whereby he found\u00a0 a vehicle parked and smashed the vehicle and assaulted the driver,\u2019\u2019 he said<\/p>\n<p>Other charges are illegal possession of firearms and a case of assaulting a journalist while at Pece Stadium in Gulu city in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to Olobo, MP Odonga will be produced before a court in Pader district since his file has been sanctioned.<\/p>\n<p>He added that\u00a0he also has a case against him for accusing police of poisoning while in custody in Pader district early this year.<\/p>\n<p>Odonga however denies all the allegations against saying they are politically motivated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY IVAN TOLIT Officers from police Criminal Investigations Department have arrested Aruu North Member of Parliament Samuel Odonga Otto over alleged assault and illegal possession of a firearm The Deputy CID Director Francis Olobo, confirms that Otto was arrested this afternoon while at a hotel in Gulu city together with his brother Tadeo Oloya on allegation of obstructing lawful arrest. \u201cHe\u00a0has cases against him,\u00a0 he assaulted a \u00a0driver\u00a0 and causing\u00a0 malicious damage, whereby he found\u00a0 a vehicle parked and smashed the vehicle and assaulted the driver,\u2019\u2019 he said Other charges are illegal possession of firearms and a case of assaulting a journalist while at Pece Stadium in Gulu city in 2019. 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