US EditionUgandan opposition leader 'forcibly taken,' party says, as President Museveni nears reelection
Bobi Wine was removed amid allegations of mass ballot stuffing and a tense election with Museveni leading at 73.7%, the National Unity Platform said.
- Bobi Wine's party said on Friday an army helicopter had landed in his compound in Kampala and forcibly taken him away to an unknown destination.
- Thursday's contested vote saw Bobi Wine allege 'massive ballot stuffing' and his party said he was placed under effective house arrest.
- Reuters could not immediately verify the party's claim and some senior National Unity Platform officials said they lacked confirmation, while Al Jazeera's reporting said men who appeared to be military jumped Wine's fence and Ugandan government and military spokespeople did not respond.
- Butambala saw violence overnight, with at least seven killed and an opposition lawmaker saying 10 died; final results were due on Saturday at 4pm local time .
- The United Nations said the campaign was marred by widespread repression and intimidation, with Thursday's vote testing President Yoweri Museveni, 81-year-old incumbent's hold on power and Bobi Wine's challenge.
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The country's authorities shut down the Internet and sent military personnel to the capital.
After the conflicting parliamentary and presidential elections in Uganda, the opposition leader Bobi Wine remains unclear. According to reports from Wine's National Unity Platform (NUP) party about a police raid in his home, Wine was cut off from communication on Saturday. A high-ranking NUP member, Nkunyingi Muwada, told the AFP news agency that "security forces in black clothes" had climbed over a wall to Wine's residence the previous day and …
One day after the presidential election in Uganda, opposition candidate Bobi Wine was abducted by the military. Experts had already warned of the vote.
One day after the election in the East African country, the opposition candidate had been abducted in an army helicopter, it was said.
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Uganda went to the polls on Thursday. Now the incumbent president's main challenger – Bobi Wine – has been abducted by the military, according to his party. A military helicopter
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