The UPDF establishment has obtained critical information about existence of a sinister move by an armed group belonging to a member state in EAC to sabotage the joint military action against a rebel outfit ADF in Congo.
The joint operation by UPDF and FADRC has registered greater achievements in a very short time since an attack was launched late December.
The UPDF has captured major ADF camps, rescued captives, seized military weapons, killed and flushed out rebel leaders in Eastern Congo and also landed on information revealing the enemy’s plans.
The spokesperson of UPDF Brig. Flavia Byekwaso has issued a statement in relation to the sinister plan.
Although UPDF couldn’t reveal details of the plotters, this website has established that a neighbouring country is at the center of this calculated move.
Below is UPDF’s statement
The FADRC and the UPDF wish to alert the public that they have critical information about the existence, in the region in which they lead military operations, of an armed group harbouring sinister clandestine plans deliberately intended to sabotage the joint military action against the ADF active in the East of DRC and discredit operation SHUJA.
The vicious mission thus plotted aims not only at sparking and promoting hostility towards the UPDF and the FADRC among the local population that they have been mandated to protect but also to create generalised panic and stampede in this same population which welcomed and supported the coalition forces since the launch of operations against the enemies of peace.
The brief facts are that on the 6th, January 2022 a commercial truck (Registration No. withheld) carrying assorted goods was intercepted by the Customs Officers (DGDA) in Butembo and on inspection of the cargo inside the truck the officers discovered clothing similar to the to UPDF uniform.
The consignment was a renowned businessman at Butembo. The truck had been cleared through Mpondwe border on 3rd day of January 2022 (entry No. also withheld). The truck. its cargo and handlers are all still held at the Customs Office Butembo.
By wearing the UPDF uniform and insignia, the members of this group plan to resort to this subterfuge to camouflage themselves to be able to go on an atrocious rampage to wreck un-scalable havoc including massacres, in order to badly injure the image of the UPDF; ultimately creating the belief that it is the UPDF attacking the people they have saved and protected, so far.
The FADRC and UPDF reassure the public that they will not be distracted nor diverted from their mission to definitively neutralise the enemy.
They affirm that in the conduct of operations to restore peace. security and state authority, they respect human rights. international law and humanitarian aid and rules of engagement.
