Security personnel deployed to guard the premises of the Bishop of Arua Diocese, Sabino Odoki at Ediofe Cathedral are on the spot for alleged torture.
Jamal Waka, a resident of Aiivu Village in Pajulu Sub County accuses the guards of arresting him and torturing him on Thursday last week as he was returning from a trade fair at Arua Hill Bomah Grounds.
According to Waka, after torturing him, the guards handed him over to Arua Central Police Station, which kept him in the cells for six days before he was produced in court on Wednesday.
Waka appeared before Arua Chief, Magistrate William Robbs Komakech who granted him non cash bond of Shillings one million. He is expected to return to court on January 18th 2017 for the mention of his case.
Shortly after his release, Waka told URN that on the fateful night, he was walking back home from the trade fair at around 1am when he was intercepted by a combined team of Police and UPDF officers guarding the Bishop's home accusing him of abusing Bishop Odoki.
According to Waka, on sensing danger he tried to flee but the security officers hit him with a stick and he fell down.
According to Waka, he spent close to a week in the police cell without any medical help.
Alingozi Kamura, a brother to the torture victim says the action of the security personnel is uncalled for. He says it was wrong for officers to descend on unarmed civilian and torture him to that magnitude.
Police have not yet commented on the matter as the West Nile Region, Police Spokesperson; Josephine Angucia was not available by the time of filing this story.
This is the second case in, which Police officers are being implicated for torturing a suspect in West Nile region within a space of two weeks.
Over a week ago, Joseph Okongo, an office at Pakwach Police Station also beat up a suspect over mistaken identity.
Okongo has since then been summoned by the regional professional standards unit to respond to the charges of torture.