Uganda's president calls opponents 'terrorists' in victory speech

"In his victory speech on Sunday, Museveni said Wine's party, the National Unity Platform (NUP), had planned to attack polling stations in areas where they were losing. Some of the opposition are wrong and also terrorists, said Museveni, who has ruled the east African country since 1986, when he seized power at the head of a rebel army. They are working with some foreigners and some homosexual groups."

"The whereabouts of the opposition leader, Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi and who won 25% of the vote, were still uncertain after he said on Saturday that he had escaped a police raid on his home and was in hiding. Police denied the raid and said Wine was still at home, but they blocked journalists from approaching the residence."

Yoweri Museveni won a seventh presidential term with 72% of the vote, while opposition leader Bobi Wine received 25%. African election observers and rights groups criticised the poll because of heavy repression of the opposition and an internet blackout. Bobi Wine said he escaped a police raid and was in hiding, but police denied the raid and blocked journalists from approaching his residence. Museveni accused the National Unity Platform of planning attacks on polling stations and called some opposition members terrorists, alleging they collaborated with foreigners and homosexual groups. The government maintained a ban on social media platforms, and small-scale protests occurred.

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