Uganda: Lawyers Run to Court to Secure Bobi Wine's Freedom

19 January 2021

Abubaker Lubowa — Lawyers of the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine who lost last week's presidential election after Electoral Commission declared President Museveni as the winner, say they have filed an application in the High Court in Kampala, to secure his freedom.

Bobi Wine's home is surrounded by security deployed to restrain his movement as a "preventive measure" following intelligence police received about planned riots and protests countrywide, according to the Force's spokesperson, Mr Fred Enanga.

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