21/08/2021
BREAKING! Deputy IGP Paul Loketch is dead
Aug 21, 2021
KAMPALA – Uganda’s Deputy Inspector General of Police Maj Gen Paul Loketch aka Lion of Mogadishu is dead.
The UPDF spokesperson person Maj Flavia Byekwaso confirmed the development via her official social media handles.
“UPDF fraternity regrets to announce the passing on of the Deputy Inspector General of Police Maj Gen Paul Lokech. More details to follow. May His Soul Rest In Eternal Peace” she posted.
The IGP Martin Okoth Ochola also confirmed the death of his deputy “with deep sorrow regrets to announce the sudden demise of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Major General Paul Lokech.
Sources from the Police indicate that the Lion of Mogadishu passed on from his home this morning without detailing his cause of death.
The Police spokesperson noted that a detailed statement on the cause of his death and burial arrangements will be availed in due course.