Ugandan opposition chief Bobi Wine was forcibly faraway from his house on Friday and flown away in a army helicopter.
His political celebration has mentioned, barely 24 hours after a normal election marred by violence and a nationwide web shutdown.
President Yoweri Museveni is looking for to increase his almost four-decade rule following a vote extensively criticised for repression of opposition figures and extreme communication restrictions throughout the nation.
Bobi Wine, whose actual identify is Robert Kyagulanyi, had earlier mentioned he was successfully underneath home arrest after safety forces sealed off his residence.
Late on Friday, the Nationwide Unity Platform (NUP) introduced on X that troopers had landed a helicopter inside his compound and “forcibly taken him away to an unknown location.”
The celebration additionally claimed that Wine’s private safety workforce was “violently assaulted” throughout the operation.
As vote counting continued, Museveni appeared to carry a commanding lead. Uganda’s Electoral Fee reported that the incumbent had secured 73.7 per cent of the vote, whereas Wine trailed with 22.7 per cent, with roughly 81 per cent of ballots counted. Last outcomes have been anticipated by 1300 GMT on Saturday.
Authorities maintained a nationwide web blackout all through the election interval, drawing criticism from human rights {groups} and worldwide observers.
Wine, 43, a former pop star turned politician, has turn out to be Museveni’s most outstanding challenger in recent times.
He’s popularly referred to as the “ghetto president,” a reference to his upbringing in Kampala’s underprivileged neighbourhoods.
Experiences of violence in opposition to opposition supporters additionally emerged from different areas of the nation.