By The Citizen Reporters
In Summary
The acting director of Criminal Investigations
(CID), Mr Diwani Athman has confirmed the arrest of a foreigner, but
remained non-committal on his identity.
Dar es Salaam/Arusha. The Ugandan government has
sent a team of top police officers to Tanzania to negotiate the
extradition of a man suspected to be Mr Jamil Mukulu, founder of the
Uganda Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel outfit.
However, the two countries don’t have an extradition treaty.
Deputy Director of Criminal Investigations (CID),
Mr Diwani Athman has confirmed the arrest of a foreigner, but remained
non-committal on his identity.
He said Tanzanian officers were consulting with
their Ugandan counterparts to verify the identity of the man who was
arrested in Dar es Salaam and has been in police custody for a couple of
days.
Mr Mukulu, who has featured on Interpol’s most
wanted persons’ list for a long time, is accused of crimes that include
murder, terrorism and treason.
“We have arrested a person who is said to be Mr
Mukulu. But at this point I am not in a position to confirm or deny that
he is indeed the man he is said to be until we have proved that beyond
reasonable doubt.
We have asked Ugandan authorities to come over to assist in the verification,” Mr Athuman said.
He said a tip-off from wananchi facilitated the
arrest of the man who is now being interrogated to check out who and
what he actually is.
The acting DCI was reluctant to confirm the
Ugandan team’s arrival, but Uganda police spokesperson Fred Enanga
confirmed that his government had sent a high-level police team to
Tanzania for a joint probe into the matter.
“We have sent a team of officers to Tanzania to
see how the government can help extradite the Allied Democratic Forces
Rebel leader,” said Mr Enanga
In a telephone interview, the police spokesperson
said through Interpol, his government had sought from Tanzanian
authorities, information on whether the man in their custody was really
Mukulu.
“We submitted to them Mukulu’s photographs in
different facial postures, to facilitate more investigations and
identification,” said Mr Enanga, adding:
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