The Uganda Army has reported the captured a top Lord Resistance Army commander Maj. Gen. Caesar Achellam (Below) . He is among the top five LRA commanders.
Maj. Gen. Achellam said he felt a “free” man leaving rebellion.“I feel free now after 24 years in the bush,” He told Journalists.
Ugandan military officials prevented journalists from probing Acellam on grounds that would unravel information likely to undermine the ongoing regional effort to rout Kony.
State owned media quoted military saying that the capture is a step closer to catching Joseph Kony, the LRA leader accused of war crimes.
Uganda People’s Defence Forces said Gen. Achellam had been captured in an ambush on Saturday along the banks of the River Mbou in neighbouring Central African Republic.
They said Achellam had been armed with just an AK-47 rifle and eight rounds of ammunition. He was being held with his wife, a young daughter and a helper.
Kony has evaded the region’s militaries for nearly three decades, kidnapping tens of thousands of children to fill the ranks of Lord’s Resistance Army and serve as sex slaves as he moves through the bush.
Thousands have been killed by his brutal army.
The deployment of U.S. special forces as advisers to help Ugandan soldiers track Kony and his senior commanders in the dense equatorial jungle across a region that spans several countries has raised hopes the sadistic leader’s days are numbered.
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