Isma Olaxes, a popular Ugandan vlogger also known as Jjaja Ichuli, was assassinated near his suburban home in Kampala on Saturday night. According to investigators, the killer was a cool-headed, steel-nerved professional.
Police closed-circuit television (CCTV) teams in Kampala Central Police Station, Kira Road, and Kira Division ruled out the possibility that the killer trailed the victim's movements. The CCTV footage showed Isma's Toyota Hiace UBK 213 D moving without any suspicious vehicle or motorcycle trailing it until it branched off the road leading to his area of residence, where police cameras could no longer see it.
“Our cameras captured him in the co-driver’s seat, and he was being driven by the person we have already known as Mathias Waiswa,” said security sources. “We have been told that Waiswa has been his personal friend and driver. Our analysis does not show any vehicle or motorcycle trailing him, but his killer patiently waited for him.”
Isma's driver, Mathias Waiswa, was not hurt during the shooting and is now being protected as a key witness. According to Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, the preliminary reports indicate that an unidentified gunman armed with an SMG opened fire on the vehicle, resulting in the fatal shooting of Tusubira who was seated in the passenger seat at the time of the attack.
Locals who saw the killer almost two hours before the murder did not report him to the authorities. Security sources suspect that there might have been someone briefing the killer on where he was seated in the vehicle, the reason he did not bother shooting at the driver.
Police are also engaging with private homes in the area that have CCTV cameras to share footage of the incident.
