“My home has been surrounded by soldiers, they’ve jumped over the fence, they’ve taken over my compound, they’ve arrested my security guard,” he said in a phone conversation from his home on Friday.
His phone was blocked and the internet shut down for some time as security forces burst into his home the day after polls opened in the presidential election.
“I want the world to know that my life is in danger and I am not safe,” he added.
Earlier, journalists traveling to Wine’s residence for a press conference were turned back by security forces well before reaching his home. Many reporters were also forced to leave the national election tally center, despite having accreditation.
The hashtag “We are removing a dictator” has been trending since polls opened in Uganda yesterday and was used widely as news of the military presence at Wine’s residence broke.
