Bobi Wine Arrest Claim Denied As Museveni Nears Victory
January 17, 2026
6:07 am
Ugandan police on Saturday rejected claims by opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party that he had been arrested by soldiers, as President Yoweri Museveni moved closer to securing another decisive election victory.
Wine’s National Unity Platform said late Friday that an army helicopter had landed at his home in the capital, Kampala, and that soldiers had “forcibly taken him away to an unknown destination.”
National police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke told a televised briefing that Wine was not in custody and remained at his residence. “He is not under arrest,” Rusoke said, adding that the opposition leader was free to move.
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