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Hooligans Murdered Arua District DHO Dr Paul Bishop Drileba in Ajia Sub-county Over Land.


Story by Osuta Yusuf.

Arua District.

23-November-2024.

📸: The body of Murdered DHO Dr Paul Bishop Drileba lying in the land he had gone to survey. Courtesy Photo.


📸: The photo of slain Dr Paul Bishop Drileba. Courtesy Photo.

The Acting District Health Officer for Arua District, Dr Paul Bishop Drileba was killed on Saturday 23-November-2024 in a land conflict.

It's said that, Dr Paul who had gone with surveyors to survey a land he bought in Oyeku village, Ombokoro Parish, Ajia Sub-county in Arua District was attacked together with the surveyors by yet to be identified attackers who showed up with panga and they chopped the Acting DHO from behind at the neck and stabbed him around the back and hips as the surveyors who went with him are said to have escaped by running faster after they jilted the heavy machines and markstones for surveying.

By the time of filling this story, his body has been taken to Arua regional referral hospital pending other preparations.

Arua District has been one of the districts in the WestNile region where cases of murder, arson and assault as a result of land conflicts, are on the increase.

Stay tuned here as we follow-up this unfortunate and painful story.

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