Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has
been bundled into a van outside his home by
police as his supporters planned a march to
protest against the results of a presidential
election.
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party
leader had been under heavy police guard since
he was placed under house arrest on Saturday,
shortly before the election results were
announced.
President Yoweri Museveni's rule was extended
into a fourth decade.
Besigye left his house in his car but road
blocked by police, then taken away in a police
van #UgandaDecides pic.twitter.com/
e0FpPoUOcF
— Malcolm Webb (@MalcolmWebb) February
22, 2016
Besigye was earlier arrested on election day on
Thursday as he tried to show journalists what he
said was a vote-rigging operation in a suburban
house. He was also arrested on a separate
occasion during election week when he tried to
hold a rally in the centre of the capital, Kampala.
Besigye had been expected to be released from
house arrest on Monday, and had planned what
his party said would be a peaceful march to the
electoral commission to demand a transcript of
last week's results, which he has dismissed as
fraudulent.
Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb, who followed the
van, said Besigye has been taken to a police
station.
Besigye has been taken to Naggalama police
#UgandaDecides pic.twitter.com/
ftbd4sUYdQ
— Malcolm Webb (@MalcolmWebb) February
22, 2016
Earlier on Monday, Besigye's Forum for
Democratic Change party tweeted: "We are
leaving Kasangati now to walk peacefully to
@Uganda EC HQ. Join us on this peaceful walk to
the UgandaEc."
The FDC has previously called on its supporters
to reject the result.
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