Uganda: Opposition Leader Arrested Upon Landing At National Airport

The leader of Uganda’s main opposition party, Bobi Wine, was arrested on Thursday on his return to the country, his party’s secretary general announced.

Bobi Wine was arrested by agents of the regime as soon as he landed at Entebbe airport, David Lewis Rubongoya, secretary general of the National Unity Platform, wrote on X, ex-Twitter, with a photo showing the opposition leader surrounded by two people.

Former singer, Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was the main rival of President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the East African country since 1986 in the 2021 presidential election.

The head of state was re-elected for a sixth term with 58% of the vote, according to the official results, ahead of Bobi Wine (35%), who denounced the election as a farce.Bobi Wine has been arrested several times in recent years, and his supporters’ rallies are regularly dispersed, sometimes violently.