Driver killed, corpse packed in car boot

The Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, has reported that three people survived an angry crowd in Seeta on September 16, for allegedly killing Christopher Batte, 58, special hire driver.

In a statement released on September 17, Owoyesigyire, said that the suspects hired Batte to transport them to Bajjo village, where they strangled and stabbed him before bundling him in his car boot.

“The suspects while at Bajjo, strangled and stabbed the victim five times on the head and three times on the right hand,
bundled him in the trunk of his vehicle registration number: UAY 765 H Toyota Premio white in colour,”Owoyesigyire reports.

“As they were driving the vehicle away hastily, it got stuck and they had to call people around to help push it back on road.
The people saw blood seeping from the car trunk and when people asked them what they were carrying, the suspects didn’t give clear answers,”

“On opening the car trunk, the body was discovered and immediately mob attacked the suspects injuring one while two escaped in the confusion (a man and a woman). Police is hunting for the suspects, the vehicle was also damaged in process of the mob action,”he added.

He confirmed that one suspect was rescued and rushed to CPR, a medical Centre in Mukono, for treatment pending interrogation.

“A knife and rope were found in the vehicle and investigations are still going on,

It should be remembered that such incidents have happened in the past of special hire drivers being killed by people who pretend to be their clients and they end up going with their vehicles. 

The driver’s body was taken to Mulago hospital for a post-mortem.