By Mukembo Wilfred
National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine elder brother Nyanzi Fred Ssentamu alias Chairman Nyanzi has on Sunday morning been attacked by armed men at his home in Kamwokya a kampala suburb.
According to Bobi Wine the armed men in plain clothes pretended to be casual laborers looking for work however after Nyanzi sensing danger he escaped from them.
“This morning, the home of my elder brother, Chairman Nyanzi was attacked by heavily armed men in plain clothes. The men who were travelling in a ‘drone’ seemed to have spent the night outside his home. When he opened his gate in the morning, three men immediately entered his compound and pretended to be casual laborers looking for work. Nyanzi sensing danger after seeing pistols wrapped around their waists found a way of escaping from them.” said bobi wine
Bobi Wine said after Nyanzi’s escape, more men entered his compound asking for his whereabouts before taking with them his adopted son Happy Kwikiriza.
“More men who totalled to about eight entered with big guns and started asking for his whereabouts. They put everyone in the house under gunpoint and forced all family members including his wife to lie on the ground facing down as they asked for Mr. Nyanzi’s whereabouts. After some time, they left, taking with them his adopted son called Happy Kwikiriza. ” he added
Bobi Wine condemned the intimidation by security agencies before rallying the public to take lead in stopping it.
“This intimidation of our people must stop. But it will not stop by itself. It is us who must put it to an end.” said Bobi Wine
