Ugandan army captures rebel ADF leader

UPDF troops during a military operation.

UPDF troops during a military operation. Uganda’s military on December 13, 2022 confirmed that it had killed 15 ADF militants. PHOTO | SÉBASTIEN KITSA MUSAYI | AFP

The Ugandan military has captured the leader of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorist group that crossed from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and attacked villages in Ntoroko District last month, the spokesperson said on Tuesday. 

The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesperson, Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, said that with the capture of the ADF leader, all militants who had crossed into Uganda from their hideout in Ituri, eastern Congo, to attack villages had been seized or killed.