Mr. Wine’s party said on X that “an army helicopter” had landed in his compound and “forcibly” taken him away ahead of election results in Uganda, during a nationwide internet blackout.

Yoweri Museveni has claimed victory in a disputed Ugandan presidential election that gives him a seventh term in office.

Ugandans are set to vote in an election for president and other leaders. President Yoweri Museveni is seeking a seventh term in the election Thursday.

My country Uganda, please, we have a lot of Ugandans who were deceived here who want to come back home,” Akantorana said.

Bobi Wine, the pop star turned politician contesting President Yoweri Museveni’s rule in Uganda’s election, said he escaped a raid on his home. Police dispute his account.

Elsewhere in central Uganda, reports of lethal force against opposition affiliates emerged. Muwanga Kivumbi, a member of parliament from Wine’s party representing the Butambala area, told AFP’s Nairobi office by phone that security forces had killed 10 of his campaign agents after storming his home.

Ugandan pop star and opposition candidate Bobi Wine says he has been beaten, tasered and attacked with teargas and pepper spray while campaigning against long-serving President Yoweri Museveni. Now 43,