Museveni’s son threatens Bobi Wine after Uganda election

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has accused campaigner Bobi Wine, who has been successful hiding since the weekend, of being a ‘terrorist’.

The lad of Uganda’s recently re-elected President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to termination singer-turned-opposition person Bobi Wine, who has been successful hiding since past week’s election, which helium is disputing the results of.

Uganda’s General Muhoozi Kainerugaba issued the menace connected Tuesday conscionable days aft Museveni, 81, was declared victor of a seventh word arsenic president successful an predetermination declared a “sham” by the absorption implicit claims of fraudulent votes.

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In an interrogation with Al Jazeera, Wine claimed helium has “evidence” of predetermination fraud, including videos purporting to amusement predetermination committee officials filling successful ballot papers in favour of Museveni.

A spokesperson from the Electoral Commission of Uganda declined to talk to Al Jazeera astir this allegation.

“We person killed 22 NUP terrorists since past week,” Kainerugaba wrote connected X Tuesday, referring to the absorption National Unity Platform, led by Wine, who came 2nd successful the ballot.

“I’m praying the 23rd is Kabobi,” helium added, utilizing his nickname for the absorption leader.

Last year, Kainerugaba issued online threats to behead Wine, who has present gone into hiding since the vote, accusing the information forces of raiding his location and attempting to seizure him.

Uganda’s service has denied these accusations. Wine’s whereabouts person been chartless since Saturday.

“I’m giving him precisely 48 hours to surrender himself to the Police,” Kainerugaba wrote. “If helium doesn’t we volition dainty him arsenic an outlaw/rebel and grip him accordingly.”

In his ain posts, Wine criticised Kainerugaba’s “threats to termination me” and demanded the subject vacate his compound, adding: “My woman and radical are not safe.”

In his interview with Al Jazeera, Wine said his “reason for not being location is to beryllium capable to talk to the world” and added, “if I was successful my house, you would not beryllium capable to entree me”.

He besides deed backmost astatine being branded a “terrorist”.

“It should beryllium known that successful each dictatorship, particularly present successful Africa, to tally against a dictator means being a ‘terrorist’, means being a traitor and everything,” said Wine.

“Young radical are successful situation for their relation with maine and the enactment that I lead. But I, with the secretary-general and galore others, are not detained.

“This is simply a crackdown to intimidate, to soundlessness and to wholly subdue the forces of change; everybody that yearns for alteration and everybody that does not enactment General Museveni.”