The State House Anti-Corruption Unit together with the Police Crime Investigation Department (CID) have arrested and arraigned to court Edoni Bernard, the chairperson PDM Pangisa ward in Arua City on allegations of extortion.
It is alleged that Edoni committed the crime through selling fake copies of the PDM Constitution to the 50 groups of associations under Pangisa ward.
Edoni was on Thursday remanded until 5/12/2023.
Prosecution alleged that in July 2023, Edoni Bernard and others still at large, at Ojulua Cell in Arua City convened a meeting with the 50 PDM associations in Pangisa Ward in Arua City and demanded each group to pay sh15,000 allegedly for the purchase of PDM constitutions.
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Edoni in court dock.
Edoni, who is directly responsible for mobilisation of the groups, extorted the sh15,000, claiming that it was for printing and went ahead to sell fake Constitutions to the members.