What killed Deputy IGP Paul Lokech?

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 TheDrone

By Drone Reporter

Deputy IGP Paul Lokech is dead. This sad news has been confirmed by police on its twitter handle.

As the news of his death continues to send ripples of shock among Ugandans. Medics have explained the cause of his death. Lokech was pronounced dead this morning, with reports from medical examinations pointing to blood clotting as the cause of his death.

“The IGP with deep sorrow regrets to announce the sudden demise of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Major General Paul Lokech. He passed on from his home this morning. A detailed statement on the cause of death and burial arrangements will be availed in due course,” the police tweet reads.

“With deep sorrow I regret to announce the sudden death of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Major General Paul Lokech. I have tasked the Director of Medical Services, Dr. Moses Byaruhanga to carry out postmortem to establish the cause of death,” Okoth Ochola posted on his twitter.

Paul Lokech, was a senior military officer at the rank of Major General, in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, who was appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Uganda Police Force on 16 December 2020.

Minister Kahinda Otafiire has explained that DIGP Lokech got minor accident on the leg three weeks ago and was on treatment at home.

He added that today as he was on the way to hospital to remove the bandage from the leg,he collapsed and died over alleged blood clot .

At a press briefing in mid July, 2021 Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech, the deputy Inspector General of Police, seemed to have scored a public relations coup for the police force when he broke down the arrest and killing of suspects in the attempted assassination on Gen. Katumba Wamala in June.

However it was not long before the arrested suspects showed up at the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court showing signs of torture and grievous bodily harm at the hands of security agents while in detention. The incident appeared to take the air out of Lokech’s well-orchestrated campaign.

The torture was seized on by lawyers and human rights activists as a well-worn path by police while dealing with suspects.