KAMPALA. The Opposition National Unity Platform( NUP) deputy spokesperson Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro has been abducted and his whereabouts remain unknown.
According to a statement posted on NUP official handle X (formerly Twitter) , Mufumbiro was abducted by armed gunmen Monday noon at Kawempe Chief Magistrates Court where he had gone to attend a court session for party members who currently in incarnation over alleged participation in a military-like parade at NUP headquarters in February this year .
Just a few minutes back at the Kawempe Magistrates Court , our deputy spokesperson Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro has been abducted by armed gunmen traveling in a Toyota Noah registration Number UAK368K .He was attending the court for our comrades Eddie Mutwe, Achileo Kivumbi and Tasi Calvin (Bobi Giant ) .This impunity continues !, the statement reads in part
In the past five years security agencies have intensified a crackdown on NUP supporters linking them to cases of wearing military-like uniforms and many have remained in prison without trial,which has attracted wide condemnation from both local and international human rights activists .