A pastor and his wife have been arrested by the police in Jinja, Uganda after they confessed to the ritual killing of 4-year-old Trinity Nakisuyi Nabirye Zabeela.
Prophet Joseph Sserubiri and Felista Namaganda of Deliverance and Healing Ministries in Kakira Market Zone, Kakira Town Council, Jinja, were arrested on Sunday, the 5th of December and admitted to killing the toddler.
According to them, their motive was to be able to establish a powerful church.
The Ugandan police Force said that 4-year-old Nabirye went missing from her father, Mr Mulodi’s home in the same community on the 30th of September, 2021.
A case of disappearance was registered at Kakira Central Police Station vide SD Ref. 49/01/10/2021.
Since her disappearance, her parents and the police have made the rounds of radio stations in Jinja and Iganga towns to try to locate her, but to no avail.
The case would have gone cold but residents insisted and the couple be declared persons of interest in the investigation into the crime.
The suspects then led detectives to a sugarcane plantation where the decomposing body of the toddler was found.
Pastor Sserubiri and his wife rented a garage from John Mulodi’s parents and turned it into a church.
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