A ranar Talata ne wata kotu a Uganda ta samu wani kwamandan kungiyar ‘yan tawayen Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) mai suna Thomas Kwoyelo da laifukan yaki da dama, wanda shi ne karon farko da kotun shari’a ta Uganda ta gurfanar da wani jigo a kungiyar.
An kafa kungiyar ta LRA a karshen shekarun 1980 da nufin hambarar da gwamnati, kungiyar ta LRA ta yi wa ‘yan Uganda ta’addanci a karkashin jagorancin Joseph Kony kusan shekaru 20 a lokacin da take fafatawa da sojoji daga sansanonin da ke arewacin Uganda.
LRA dai ta yi kaurin suna wajen cin zarafi da suka hada da fyade, sace-sace, satar sassan jikin wadanda abin ya shafa da lebe da kuma amfani da danyen kayan aiki wajen lalata mutane har lahira.
A cikin shekara ta 2005 kungiyar LRA ta yi gudun hijira sakamakon matsin lambar soji zuwa Sudan ta Kudu, Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kwango da Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya, inda ta kuma kai hare-hare na munanan hare-hare kan fararen hula.
Kwoyelo ya musanta laifuka sama da 70 da ake tuhumarsa da su, wadanda suka hada da kisan kai, fyade, bautar kasa, azabtarwa da kuma garkuwa da mutane.
A cikin zaman kotun da ke birnin Gulu da ke arewacin Uganda a ranar Talata, ya girgiza kai kamar bai amince da hukuncin ba yayin da ake karanto hukuncin, hannayensa suka haye ya ajiye kan tebur.
“Hukuncin da wannan kotun ta yanke shi ne, an samu wanda ake tuhuma da laifi,” in ji mai shari’a Michael Elubu, daya daga cikin alkalan manyan kotuna hudu.
Sojojin Uganda sun kama Kwoyelo a shekara ta 2009 a cikin dazuzzukan arewa maso gabashin Kongo. Tun a lokacin ake tsare da shi kafin a yi masa shari’a, kuma shari’ar tasa ta shiga cikin tsarin kotunan Uganda.
Kotu ta samu Kwoyelo da laifuffuka 44, 31 kuma an sallame su a matsayin kwafi na wasu, sannan kuma an wanke shi da laifuka uku.
Duba nan: An ex-colonel in the Lord’s Resistance Army goes on trial in Uganda
Alkalan sun ce a mako mai zuwa za su fara gudanar da zaman shari’a kafin a sanya ranar da za a yanke wa Kwoyelo hukunci.
Kotun hukunta manyan laifuka ta kasa da kasa (ICC) da ke birnin Hague na neman shugaban LRA Kony amma ba a kama shi ba duk da yunkurin yin hakan.
A shekarar 2021 kotun ta ICC ta samu Dominic Ongwen, wani babban kwamandan LRA, da laifukan yaki da suka hada da fyade, bautar jima’i, sace yara, azabtarwa da kuma kisan kai. Daga bisani aka yanke masa hukuncin daurin shekaru 25 a gidan yari.
