A prominent member of Uganda’s primary opposition party revealed that their leader, Bobi Wine, was apprehended on Thursday upon his arrival at Entebbe International Airport from overseas.
In recent years, Robert Kyagulanyi, widely recognized as Bobi Wine, has risen as the most formidable contender against President Yoweri Museveni, aged 79, who has held authority in the East African nation since 1986.
“The cowardly regime has arrested our President upon arrival at Entebbe Airport. We set out to receive him today, but the panicky regime security could not even allow him into immigration,” Mathias Mpuuga, leader of the National Unity Platform in the Ugandan parliament, said on his X account.
Wine contested the last presidential election in 2021 against Museveni and was defeated. However, he disputed the outcome, alleging extensive election rigging and intimidation by security forces.
