Central African Republic: LRA leader is OKO Capture Odek, a key commander

One of the leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Central Africa is captured Monday Okot Odek, a key commander of the bloody Ugandan rebels, told AFP on Wednesday a source in the Central African gendarmerie.
“We have a list of leaders of the LRA sought and considered dangerous, which allows us to support the hunt led by the Ugandan and US forces. And he who has been arrested and handed over to US forces commander Okot Odek, “said this source gendarmerie Obo town in the extreme east of the Central African Republic where Ugandan and American soldiers based stalking the LRA.
A faction of the former rebellion of the Seleka, the Popular Front for the Central African renaissance (PRGF) was announced Monday to AFP having captured last weekend and handed over to US forces a LRA leader, gave his name war “commander Sam”.
“His identity was revealed by itself and by some elements who surrendered,” said the source in the police, stating that after their capture or surrender “the heads are held by Americans or Ugandan”.
According to the American NGO Invisible Children, created to fight against the atrocities of the LRA, Odek could have made rather than be captured.
On its website, the NGO mentions the hypothesis that it would have done so “because he was afraid that Kony (LRA leader) gave orders to kill”, a customary practice to Joseph Kony against commanders who n ‘longer favors.
According to the NGOs, Odek messages calling for the surrender of LRA fighters active in Central Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) would be ready for distribution by local radio stations.
The arrest comes after a series of men LRA attacks in recent weeks in areas of Zémio, Bakouma Bangassou and in eastern and north-eastern Central African Republic. These incidents resulted in the death of at least one person and several dozen kidnappings.
The ex-Seleka had already claimed in January 2015 arrest of Dominic Ongwen, former Ugandan warlord LRA, who appeared on January 21 at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to answer charges of 70 heads of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Odek was one of the relatives of Kony, serving as a bodyguard during a meeting with negotiators, in the presence of journalists, in one of its bases in 2006.