By; Our reporter
Police have picked up Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former Forum for Democratic Change President.
Officers from the Field Force Unit apprehended Besigye this morning when he stepped out of his home in Kasangati in Wakiso district to inquire what they were doing on his compound.
He was whisked off in a waiting police van and driven off to unknown destination. Police equally deployed officers at homes of other opposition politicians like City Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago and Ingrid Turinawe, the FDC Women League Chairperson.
Early in the day, Luke Oweisigire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson defended the deployment, saying they had received information that they were planning to cause violence in the city.
Adding that as Police could not take chances following Wednesday incident where they reported to have foiled a plan to set Kampala City ablaze when they impounding two trucks loaded with old car tyres.
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