Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has suspended his campaigns citing threats to his life.
This is after several members of his campaign team were injured on Tuesday after an encounter with police.
According to Wine, the police fired bullets at his car, puncturing the tyres and rendering it immobile in Kayunga District.
Wine, who is running for presidency on National Unity Platform (NUP) party ticket, was trying to use force to access Jinja city through one of the roads that had been blocked by police and the army.
One of his aides was shot and his bodyguard identified as Wilfred Kato Kubai wounded during the incident.
Wine’s producer Daniel Oyerwot alias Dan Magic was hit in the face as police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse the presidential hopeful supporters at Kyampisi trading centre.
The musician-turned-politician told members of the press that he was compelled to suspend his campaigns as a protest against “the continued brutality and killing of his supporters”.
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