Okot Odhiambo Okot Odhiambo ( also known as Two Victor , his radio call sign ) is a senior leader of the Lord ' s Resistance Army , a Uganda n rebel group which operates from Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Odhiambo was one of five people for whom the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) issued its first ever arrest warrants in 2005 , for alleged war crime s and crimes against humanity . In 2009 , he announced his intention to defect from the LRA and return to Uganda if the government would agree not to surrender him to the ICC . Lord ' s Resistance Army . Odhiambo was reported to be the LRA ' s Deputy Army Commander and a member of the " Control Altar " , the core leadership group responsible for devising and implementing LRA strategy . He is believed to have become deputy leader of the LRA following the ( alleged ) death of Vincent Otti in October 2007 . International Criminal Court indictment . On 8 July 2005 , Odhiambo was one of five LRA commanders for whom the ICC issued its first ever arrest warrants . The court ruled that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Odhiambo had ordered the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity . The prosecution alleges that Odhiambo led a number of massacres and commanded attacks against two internally displaced person camps in 2004 , during which more than 300 people were burnt , shot and hacked to death and children were abducted . Odhiambo was charged with three counts of crimes against humanity ( murder and enslavement ) and seven counts of war crimes ( murder , intentionally directing attacks against civilian populations , pillaging , and forced enlisting of children ) in connection with the two attacks . According to the ICC warrant for his arrest , Odhiambo is described by former LRA commanders and members as a " ruthless killer " , as " the one who killed the most " , and as " a ‘ bitter ’ man who will kill anyone " . Defection from the LRA . In April 2008 , it was reported that Odhiambo and eight others had been killed by LRA leader Joseph Kony during a dispute over a proposed peace deal . However , on January 29 , 2009 , Odhiambo said he had suffered a serious gunshot wound during a clash with Ugandan forces and was defecting from the LRA . He told Agence France - Presse , " We have requested a safe corridor . I want to come out . I am tired of going up and down all the time . " He contacted the International Organization for Migration seeking safe passage to Uganda , along with 45 other rebels and 10 abductees , but said he would not surrender unless he was given a guarantee that he would not be turned over to the ICC . The government of Uganda has indicated that it would try Odhiambo in a national court rather than surrender him to the ICC . The Catholic Archbishop of Gulu , John Baptist Odama , said the defection could revive hopes of a peaceful end to the conflict . However , Amnesty International criticized the International Organization for Migration for agreeing to facilitate Odhiambo ' s transfer to Uganda instead of to the ICC . An LRA spokesman dismissed the reports of Odhiambo ' s planned defection , claiming the story was invented by the Ugandan army " to create disharmony and danger to LRA fighters " .