By Ben Musanje
5th Sept 2023
Police have refuted claims that the opposition National Unity Platform-NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine is under arrest following the security accompaniment from Entebbe International Airport to his home at Magere in Wakiso district.
Kyagulanyi was this morning arrested upon returning to the country from a trip abroad where he visited countries like Canada and South Africa.
Eyewitnesses at the airport reported heavy military presence as Kyagulanyi arrived at Entebbe Airport.
Soldiers surrounded him and swiftly apprehended him, before driving him away to his home in Magere.
Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson says that Kyagulanyi is safe with his family and friends at Magere with no security condition put on him as it is allegedly reported on social media.
Enanga further says that there is no traffic disruption along Gayaza and Entebbe roads and businesses are smoothly operating.
Bobi Wine’s supporters had planned to accompany him in masses to his home in Magere, to welcome him back, but police had said such gatherings were illegal and would not be permitted.
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