The National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has been arrested and detained for hours in Dubai, United Arab Emirates where he had gone to perform at a charity music concert.
According to a post via his personal verified Twitter account, Bobi claims he was arrested as soon as he landed at the Airport in Dubai, at around 8:30pm and he was grilled for over eight hours with his phone and passport confiscated.
"Landed in Dubai at 8:30pm. It’s now 5am. I’ve been held & interrogated for 8hrs. They asked me about NUP, its leaders, their phone numbers, my family members & their contacts! I have all necessary travel docs. They’ve confiscated my passport & my phone. Am literary under arrest,” He tweeted on his official personal account @HEBobiWine posted at around 4 am on Saturday morning.
He later added “In Dubai to perform at a charity concert to assist some of the Ugandan immigrant workers. Been held at the airport for almost 10 hours, being interrogated mostly about NUP! My phone and passport have now been returned. Hopefully things go as planned. Will give an update.”
Bobi Wine is set to hold a concert in Dubai this weekend with intent to help Ugandans stranded in the Middle East country return home comes amid growing complaints of mistreatment the immigrant workers at their workplaces.
