Police in Arua District have kicked off investigations into circumstances under which Ayivu West MP John Lematia fought with a technician over a woman on Easter Sunday.
According to West Nile region police spokesperson, Josephine Angucia, the incident happened at Dreamland Hotel between Latima and Jimmy Ariko, a technician with DSTV over a woman identified as Faith Eyotaru.
“ It’s alleged that Hon Lematia and the lady went to swim at Dreamland Hotel. Meanwhile, one Ariko Jimmy a technician with DSTV had gone to the same hotel earlier. When Ariko Jimmy saw the Hon MP and the lady, he confronted them, and the lady upon seeing Jimmy, entered back in the vehicle and asked the driver to drive her away. A scuffle then ensued between the two men over the lady as both were claiming to be having a relationship with her,” Angucia said.
She said the two were however separated by the staffs at the hotel and that by the time DPC and the team arrived at Dreamland hotel, they found when both men had gone to register their complains at Arua City Central Division, from where they were directed to go and report at Arua District police headquarters at Odumi in Vurra.
The technician registered a case of assault on him by the MP while on the other hand, the Ayivu West legislator reported a case of threatening violence on him
“Statements were recorded from both parties and put in the file. While at Arua District police headquarters at Odumi in Vurra Subcounty, the DPC and the team decided to have around table meeting with the conflicting parties to establish some facts in order to harmonize the matter.”
The police spokesperson said findings from the meeting indicate that the lady in question, Eyotaru Faith, 25 , a relationship officer at Victoria University Kampala, had a long time love relationship with the technician while still working with a bank in Arua City before they separated last year.
The woman later fell in love with the MP who would later connect he for a job as a relationship officer at Victoria University in Kampala but also rented for her a house in Ntinda.
“However Hon Lematia John claims that this lady is now his wife, on the other side Jimmy claims that they are still in touch with the same lady and that on Saturday , March, 30, 2024 she visited him at their home and they spent some time together before moving out to Dreamland hotel with Hon Lematia John on Easter Sunday.”
In the meeting, both parties were calmed down and decided not to continue with the cases but the woman told police officers that her love relationship with the technician had ended long ago and that she was now in love with the MP.
“Police case files have remained open pending any eventualities over the matter,”Angucia noted.
