The Kampala police have detained a man in Uganda who is thought to be a boda boda rider and who uploaded a video to the social media site TikTok while sexually abusing a minor.
Joseph Ngoma has been named as the suspect. When Ugandans viewed a video of Ngoma reportedly forcing a 16-year-old girl into sexual practices on his TikTok account, they were outraged.
Police spokesperson Fred Enanga announced during a news conference in Kampala that the suspect was captured from a hiding place in Kintintale, some distance from the crime scene.
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“We would like to confirm that the territorial police in Mubende in close coordination with KMP East at Kitintale police station managed to track down and arrest a suspect who recorded himself in a video that was shared on social media platforms sexually assaulting, kissing and molesting a 16-year-old student in a lodge,” Enanga said.
He indicated that on May 4 when the incident happened, the 16-year-old victim left her home and boarded a boda boda rider to go for school holiday coaching. “But when they reached Madudu trading centre, the suspect created an excuse that he wanted to branch and pick a few things from his home.”
It is said that they rode for about 100 metres along Madudu-Mubende road but instead, this man stopped at a bar and lodge where he booked a room.
Enanga told the pressmen that the suspect then asked the girl to go and help him carry some of his personal items but when she reached, he dragged her into the lodge and started recording as he assaulted her.
“He forcefully defiled her and after told her to go back home,” Enanga said.
Reports show that it was after four days that the viral video came to the attention of the mother of the victim who reported to Mubende police station.
After confirming the victim's defilement through medical examination, they assisted the investigative team in locating the lodge where Sylvia Nankinga was apprehended for facilitating the act.
Nevertheless, the law enforcement agency has raised concerns regarding the increasing prevalence of individuals on social media who record themselves engaging in criminal activities. They strongly condemn this behavior as it not only glorifies the specific crimes committed but also deems it entirely unacceptable.
