Ugandan musician / presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine has revealed his music producer has been wounded in the mouth by a rubber bullet during clashes between security personnel and the politician’s supporters.
The incident, which occurred on Tuesday is the latest in escalating violence in Uganda as authorities crack down on supporters of 38-year-old Bobi Wine, who is seeking to end the decades-long rule of 76-year-old President Yoweri Museveni in an election scheduled for January 14.
Joel Senyonyi, spokesman for Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) party, said Daniel Oyerwot was hit by the rubber bullet as he sat with the party leader in a car that was part of a convoy.
Wine and his supporters were heading to a campaign venue in Kayunga district, about 65km (40 miles) north of the capital, Kampala, when the ugly incident occurred, according to Al Jazeera.
“He was shot with a rubber bullet, he has lost some teeth and his mouth is torn,” Senyonyi said.
Wine said on Twitter that several members of his staff had been wounded and that some were in a critical condition.
The singer also said he and his supporters had attempted to move to another campaign venue, located in Jinja in eastern Uganda, but security personnel blocked him and shot and blew out his car’s tyres.
Another bullet shattered his car’s windscreen, punching a hole in it, Wine added.
In another footage shared on Twitter by Wine, the musician and his team stopped to ask the armed soldiers why they were shooting at them, and suddenly he was shot at directly.
📎 COMMENTS 👀 ☝️👆👈👉✍️🤳 DROP YOUR OPINIONSBobi Wine stepped out of the car to question military officers why they were shooting at him and his team. This was their response!
— BOBI WINE (@HEBobiwine) December 1, 2020
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