By Our Reporter
The Police in Namisindwa District are holding a man suspected of beheading his wife whom he accused of adultery and taking the head to her suspected lover’s home.
The man, identified as Vincent Bwayo, 27, a resident of Watoko village, Butingu Parish in Bumali Sub-County, is said to have committed the act the night of Friday, September 15.
Florence Busikwa, a resident of the same village, told New Vision that she overheard Bwayo shout accusations at his wife, Justine Wachemba, 23, of being involved in an extra-marital affair with a neighbor identified as James Musoba.
“I will one time cut off your head or your private part if you do not stop cheating on me. Your 40 days will come to elapse,” Bwayo was allegedly heard shouting to his wife by Busikwa.
Julie Namara the Namisindwa Deputy Resident District Commissioner, confirmed the incident to New Vision and noted that Bwayo is currently detained at Namisindwa Police Station.
Namara said Bwayo chopped off his wife’s head on Friday night at the River Salaa bridge while going to hand her over to Musoba.
She said that while a few kilometres away from arriving at his wife’s suspected lover’s home, Bwayo fatally attacked her.
“It is said that the wife pleaded for forgiveness from her husband but all in vain l. The woman was also overheard pleading but it was too late for the residents to save her from being beheaded,” Namara said.
“After the incident, Bwayo abandoned the body on the bridge and carried the head to the door of Musoba and handed himself to Namisindwa Police Station where he is being detained,” she added.
Wachemba’s remains were taken to Mbale City Mortuary for a post-mortem exam.
Security deployed People suspected to be relatives to the late Wachemba, on Saturday night stormed Bwayo’s home and destroyed all property including crops and animals, as well as torching structures Namara said security operatives had been deployed to calm the situation down but added that no arrests had yet been made in connection to the fracas.
She urged relatives of the deceased to remain down and wait for justice to be achieved through the courts since the accused person is in custody. Roger Taitika, the Elgon Region Police spokesperson, told New Vision that investigations are ongoing and added that regional security will on Sunday, September 17, camp in Namisindwa to restore security in the district and also forge a way forward.
He said that Namisindwa was leading in murder cases but stopped short of divulging the number of cases per month. Taitika also warned the people who attacked Bwayo’s home that they face arrest.
Source: New Vision,
Credit: Paul Watala.
