Police and army officers in Gulu District have come under the spotlight for beating up residents and taking their money and other valuables during the implementation of the presidential directives on limiting the spread of Covid-19.
On Saturday, May 2, we encountered six security personnel (UPDF soldiers and police) who stopped our reporter.
On another tour, our reporter was able to see the soldiers and police officers at Customs Corner extorting Shs5,000 from each of the people they had arrested for defying the curfew before setting them free.
The Daily Monitor has since established that many such complaints against UPDF soldiers and police have been recorded at Gulu Central Police Station and police posts in the area in the past one-and-a -half months.
Gulu District Police Commander Emmanuel Mafundo said they are investigating the allegations of extortion.