Uganda’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has emerged as the most formidable opponent of veteran President Yoweri Museveni, has been shot in the leg by security agents in a northern suburb of the capital, Kampala, his party said.
Bobi Wine, a singer-turned-politician whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, finished runner-up in the 2021 presidential election behind Museveni, who has ruled the East African country for nearly 40 years.
Bobi Wine’s party, the National Unity Platform, said in a post on the X platform on Tuesday that “Security operatives have made an attempt [on his life].”
They added: “He was shot in the leg and seriously injured.”
The police said officers had attempted to block Bobi Wine and his team from marching down a road, resulting in an altercation in which he was injured. An investigation would be conducted to clarify the facts, the police said in a statement on X.
“Police officers on site claim he stumbled while getting into his vehicle, causing the injury, whereas Hon. Kyagulanyi and his team assert that he was shot,” the police said.
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