According to reports from intelligence officers in Arua City, Siraj is highly suspected to be recruiting children for Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) with financial support from the Middle East.

Source: https://redpepper.co.ug/new-twist-military-hardware-recovered-from-suspected-arua-child-traffickers-house/129012/

An army spokesman said the attack during a Sunday service was likely carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan militant group that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/suspected-islamists-kill-at-least-5-people-in-east-congo-church-bomb-attack/article_2fcda28a-e58b-5e31-a991-1b0d16797279.html

Members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan group based in eastern Congo that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, attacked Lhubirira secondary school in Mpondwe, burning a dormitory and looting food late on Friday, police said.

Source: https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/world/2023-06-17-militants-linked-to-islamic-state-kill-25-in-attack-on-ugandan-school-police/

Since 2021, the Ugandan government, in conjunction with the Congolese government, has launched an offensive against the Allied Democratic Forces, with the aim of rooting the group out from its bases in eastern Congo.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/world/africa/uganda-school-attack.html