Bushura Najjuko, a resident of Katereke Cell in Kyengera Town Council, Wakiso district was set to get married to Faruk Mugalu on Sunday last week but she went missing a day before and police had since mounted a search for her.

The 24-year-old bride who went missing on the eve of her wedding day has handed herself to police.

According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango says Ms. Najjuko handed herself to Nsangi Police Station yesterday Tuesday, March 14.

She said she had a man of her choice, but he had been rejected by the family and she was not interested in the family of the man.

Najjuko disappeared on Friday evening, March 10, 2023, on her way home from a salon where she had gone for makeup in preparation for her wedding that was scheduled for Sunday, March 12, 2023.

Her family has since been looking for her. They made reports at various police posts and stations, referring to her as a missing person. 

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Police have recorded her statement and handed her over to the parents. Onyango appealed to parents not to force their children into marriages that they don’t want.

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