Tanzania Army Says Deserter not in Rwanda

{{The Spokesperson of the Tanzanian Army Maj. Erick Komba has refuted allegations that a senior TPDF officer could have defected to Rwanda.}}

Lt.Col.Celestine Seromba is said to have defected to Rwanda with vital and senstive information from the Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces (TPDF).

According to Tanzania’s Pro government media reports Lt.Col. Seromba deserted the army in December 2012 and that his whereabouts are yet to be known.

Major Komba said that Seromba, whom he noted hails from Bukoba, was to face a court martial for unspecified misconduct prior to his escape.

However, Maj. Komba dismissed the reports saying the rank of the missing officer “was too junior to access confidential TPDF documents.”

Meanwhile Lt. Col. Seromba was TPDF’s head of IT department which handles all crucial classified documents of the army, the assertions that were categorically denied by Major Komba.

Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces spokesperson Major Erick Komba speaks to the {media in Dar es Salaam yesterday on disappeared TPDF staff Lieutenant Colonel Colestine Charles Seromba last month. With him is Lieutenant Hope Dagaa}

{Citizen}