Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has been arrested moments after his candidacy was certified.
Reports indicate that the MP was taken away by the police amid violent scuffles between police and his supporters.
It is said that Bobi was taken home to prevent him from launching his manifesto.
Thank you God
— BOBI WINE (@HEBobiwine) November 3, 2020
Thank you Uganda
Thank you Africa
Thank you World
We now enter the most critical phase of our liberation struggle! pic.twitter.com/Lfzj0LB2Nq
“We now enter the most critical phase of our liberation struggle!” Bobi tweeted before his arrest.
Bobi is seeking to unseat longest reigning president, Yoweri Museveni who was on Monday cleared to run for a sixth term.
The 76 year old head of state will run on a National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket in the general election set for February 2021.
“I hereby declare Yoweri Museveni Tibuhaburwa Kaguta duly nominated candidate in respect to the presidential elections of 2021 having fulfilled the requirement as set out in the Presidential Elections Act 2005,” said EC chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama.
Right after nomination, Bobi Wine was violently arrested outside nomination venue! He's been brutalised by police and military. They've blocked him from proceeding to launch his manifesto at office. It's clear Museveni & his regime are in so much panic. WE SHALL OVERCOME Admin pic.twitter.com/1tv31cGxyM
— BOBI WINE (@HEBobiwine) November 3, 2020
Museveni has insisted that the government will not tolerate those plotting to disturb the peace of the Ugandan people.
Uganda police arrest Bobi Wine after presidential nomination
“There’s nobody who is going to disturb here. Whoever tries will regret. Because for us, we don’t play. The party fought to bring peace in this country. Nobody has more guns than us. But we don’t scare people.”
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