Bobi Wine, Uganda’s main opposition leader, reportedly arrested at airport

KAMPALA – Main opposition party in Uganda says its leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine was arrested at Entebbe International Airport as he returned from abroad.

The National Unity Party had been planning to hold rallies and described his arrest as “cowardly”.

Ahead of Kyagulanyi’s return, the police had said a planned procession from the airport was illegal, the BBC reported.

President Yoweri Museveni – who has been in power since 1986 – has been criticised for being increasingly intolerant of the opposition.

Bobi Wine had been arrested numerous times and had faced many charges including treason.

Rights groups say the authorities had long used trumped-up charges to oppress the opposition.

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