EFFORTPOST Gagged man tied with barbed wire has molten plastic dripped on him. Uganda, 2022 Short torture video (36 s) and longer backstory

TL;DR: the victim is a 40 yo plumber, who was contacted by the workers of Lovely Guest House, a private accommodation facility in Uganda's capital, pretending they need his services. Instead, he was attacked, robbed, tortured (like in the video + stripping and tying his genitals with rope) and left for dead. However, he survived, and a few people involved - including the cameraman - were arrested over the following week. Among them was one woman.

This video surfaced in social media on 27th of March 2022 (Sunday). The incident happened after 10 AM on 26th of March. The identity of the two men was initially not known. The cameraman only revealed his black shoes. The yellow t-shirt with NRM acronym suggests that the torturer may be supporting National Resistance Movement, a current ruling party in Uganda.

Police had info about the video the next day. The identity of the victim and the location was already known, even though the police spokesman didn't say how they got that info. The victim was a 40 yo plumber, Brian Njuba. He lived in Kampala (the capital of Uganda) in Lungujja in Rubaga Division. The place he was tortured in was a Lovely Guest House. It's a private accommodation facility. Below, there's location of Kampala and the Lovely Guest House.

There could be no better place for a torture after which the victim must be hospitalized than a one called Lovely Guest House

Njuba was sticking posters around the city, advertising his plumbing services. He was contacted by the people from a lodge in Ggaba, a part of the city unknown to him. After arriving at the spot, he was invited to a Room 6. Then, unknown people attacked him. More below ('he' is a police spokesman).

He added that Njuba was stripped, genitals tied with ropes, mouth gagged with stockings, and selected parts of the body burnt using melting plastics from a small jerry can.

Police said the group abandoned the victim and took off with his phone.

“The suspects left thinking he had died. The act was carefully captured by the robbers on video,” Mr Enanga said.

The police spokesperson revealed that the owner of the guest house, Brian Mushabwe, has since been arrested for not recording the identities of the suspects in the registration book as regulations for hotels, lodges, and guest houses stipulate.

“The suspects were not booked at the guest house which makes their act a premeditated one. As a lesson to all other managers of hotels and guest houses, we have arrested the owner of the hotel and the person who was attending to that shift for taking the guidelines issued for granted,” Mr Enanga said.

Receptionist's name is Mastullah Namaganda. She was arrested as she booked the suspects in the lodge, allowed them to use her phone to contact Njuba and guided him to the Room 6.

According to the police, there were no ties between the victim and the attackers. If it wasn't this plumber, it could be any person running a business that requires arriving at the client's place. Njuba was admitted to the hospital in Mulago (another quarter of the city). It was not mentioned what type of injuries he sustained or how long he had to be treated. On 4th of April, it was said that he 'is progressing well'.

On 4th of April 2022, the police spokesman informed that the detectives from Crime Intelligence division found the cameraman Abdurahman Wejuli. He was arrested. During the search, the victim's mobile was found, as well as the suspect's yellow t-shirt visible in the video. The spokesman also explained the reasons behind arresting the receptionist that day, and announced that they're still looking for suspects, as there's probably more of them.

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Video: from Twitter.

https://chimpreports.com/cops-raid-kampala-lodge-over-torture-video

https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/new-details-emerge-about-man-tortured-in-video-3764148

https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20220404/133588/police-arrest-prime-suspect-who-tied-man-with-barbed-wire-burnt-him-with-hot-plastic-jerrycan-in-viral-torture-video.html

https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/police-detain-suspect-filmed-pouring-melted-plastic-on-man-tied-with-barbed-wires-3772328