Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wines party said he was taken by the army from his house and brought to an unknown location on Friday as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide reelection.
Wines National Unity Platform party said on Friday evening in a post on X that an army helicopter had landed in his compound in the capital Kampala and forcibly taken him away to an unknown destination.
Reuters could not immediately verify the claim, and some senior party officials said they did not have confirmation. Spokespeople for Ugandas government and military did not immediately respond to requests for comment.