Ugandan opposition leader Erias Lukwago allegedly abducted by security forces

Uganda's opposition Front for National Freedom (PFF) party has accused state security forces of abducting its executive president, lawyer Erias Lukwago. The party announced on social media that Lukwago was taken to an unknown location by state agents.

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The price of the struggle for freedom: we want to inform the general public and all freedom-loving Ugandans that our executive president, the lawyer (and former mayor of the Ugandan capital, Kampala) Erias Lukwago, has been kidnapped by state agents and taken to an unknown destination.

The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has condemned the alleged abduction, with representatives stating they will pursue legal action in both national and international courts. The ULS seeks assurances for the protection of its members and judicial officials while they perform their duties.

Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, reported on X that Lukwago was arrested at his home in Kampala. He stated Lukwago was detained as he prepared to deliver a court summons to the Chief of Armed Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Kainerugaba is also the son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

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We want guarantees that our members, judicial officials, and all participants in the judicial system will be protected while performing their constitutional duties.

This summons reportedly relates to a case where opposition figure Kizza Besigye accused General Kainerugaba of death threats. Besigye himself disappeared in late 2024 and later appeared in a Ugandan military court facing treason charges. The PFF is Besigye's new party, launched while he was already imprisoned.

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He has already urinated three times" or "I am proud of all the harm and suffering I will inflict on the criminal Lukwago.