President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorist Meddie Nkalubo was killed by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) in their latest crackdown on the group in DR Congo.
Museveni, who is also the Commander In Chief of the UPDF, said in a statement that Nkalubo was killed on Saturday, September 16 when UPDF Air Force attacked four ADF terrorists’ targets that were about 100 kms from the Ugandan border on the Ntoroko side.
“These targets had been located by assets from our Special Duties Regiments (SDR) that have good reconnaissance assets,” Museveni said.
“According to subsequent intelligence, it seems that a lot of terrorists were killed, including the notorious Meddie Nkalubo, who has been the author of the bombs in Kampala – e.g. those near the Police Station in Kampala, that one near Parliament and the ones that were discovered recently near Kayanja’s Church and in the Bunamwaya area,” he added.
UPDF and DRC army launched offensive operations against ADF on November 30, 2021, following the killing of four civilians in Kampala when suicide bombers detonated their explosives at parliamentary avenue and Central Police Station in Kampala, an attack that ADF claimed responsibility.
Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi authorized Uganda’s troops to enter into Congo to help fight the rebel group also blamed for attacks in eastern Congo that have killed more than 1,000 people over the past several years. The attacks have become more frequent in recent months.
Museveni thanked his Congolese counterpart Tshisekedi for letting in UPDF to fight ADF, and that the Ugandan army will continue its hunt for ADF rebels from wherever they are hiding.
“These uninformed people have been playing with deadly fire for a long time. They will now discover that killing Ugandans is not a good hobby. In this part of the world, there is nowhere we can not get them if we coordinate with the Governments of the sister countries,” Museveni said.
“We salute His Excellency Felix Tshisekedi for allowing us to work with the Congo Army to liberate this part of Congo from these mindless criminals and also punish them for killing Ugandans using infiltrators.”
“You remember the recent killing of the Nyabugaando children by cutting them with pangas, the Sheikhs, Major Kiggundu, Gen. Katumba’s daughter, Joan Kagezi, etc. All those involved will perish unless they surrender,” he added.
The ADF was established in the early 1990s in Uganda. The Ugandan military later forced the rebels into eastern Congo, where many rebel groups are able to operate because the central government has limited control there.