Troops withdraw from home of Ugandan opposition challenger Bobi Wine

Troops withdraw from home of Ugandan opposition challenger Bobi Wine
Opposition presidential challenger Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, gestures as he speaks to the media outside his house, in Magere, near Kampala, in Uganda Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. An attorney for Bobi Wine says Ugandan soldiers have withdrawn from the opposition presidential challenger’s home the day after a judge ruled that his house arrest was unlawful. But the attorney tells The Associated Press that security forces can still be seen in the village near the candidate’s property outside the capital, Kampala. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)

Ugandan troops have withdrawn from opposition presidential challenger Bobi Wine’s home the day after a judge ruled that his house arrest was unlawful, his lawyer said.

But George Musisi told the Associated Press that security forces could still be seen in the village near Mr Wine’s property outside the capital Kampala.

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