Controversial Ugandan singer/politician Bobi Wine has been arrested while attending a meeting in Kyadondo constituency ahead of the 2021 Ugandan polls.
Police have arrested Bobi Wine and taken him to Kasangati police station. #Ug2021Polls @HEBobiwine pic.twitter.com/ccvzE8cch6
— Sudhir Byaruhanga (@Sudhirntv) January 6, 2020
According to Daily Monitor, the meeting was disrupted by police who used teargas and live bullets where Wine and some of his lawyers and supporters were apprehended in the midst of the skirmishes.
Teargas, bullets rock Kasangati as police blocks Bobi Wine from accessing the venue where he was scheduled to hold his first his consultation meeting #MonitorUpdates via Derrick Wandera pic.twitter.com/asQkJQuMKB
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) January 6, 2020
The legislator had planned nationwide consultative conventions in which he was planning to educate the electorate on his manifesto as a presidential candidate.