The High Court, presided over by Justice David Matovu, has convicted Lugya Bbosa Tabula and Noah Lugya alias Fake over the murder of former Ndiga clan leader Daniel Lwomwa Bbosa.
Justice Matovu convicted the duo of murder contrary to sections 171 and 172 of the Penal Code Act, after they pleaded guilty to the murder of Bbosa, who was shot dead on February 24, 2024, at Kikandwa Village in Lungujja.
The remaining three accused persons entered pleas of not guilty.
Tabula, who is accused of masterminding the February 2024 assassination, told Justice David Matovu that the charges against him were true and asked the court for forgiveness. Lugya similarly admitted to the offense.
Prosecution told court that Eng. Bbosa was gunned down on February 25, 2024, at Kikandwa in Lungujja as he returned home from presiding over a clan function in Katosi.
He was traveling in his Toyota Prado alongside his wife, Gladys, and their house help when assailants on a motorcycle targeted his vehicle near his residence.
Following the shooting, local boda-boda riders pursued the fleeing assailants and intercepted them in Bulabega Zone
One of the alleged attackers, Enock Sserunkuma, alias Munaku, was killed by an angry mob. Lugya was rescued from the mob by security forces and rushed to Mulago Hospital for emergency treatment.Police later recovered an AK-47 rifle from a nearby compound
Tabula was arrested on 19 August 2024 in Kimelika-Namulonge, Busukuma, by operatives of the Directorate of Crime Intelligence.
Prior to Bbosa’s death, there had been a long-standing dispute within the clan, which had lasted over 480 years, resulting in the Buganda Cultural Court (Kisekwa) directing Bbosa to step down from leadership due to lineage discrepancies among the true descendants of the Ndiga Clan.
Currently both the prosecution and defense are filing their submissions before the sentencing.
