Opposition candidate Bobi Wine claims ‘massive ballot stuffing’ as Uganda goes to polls

Uganda's opposition leader Bobi Wine and his wife Barbara Itungo prepare to vote in Kampala on Thursday. Photograph: Daniel Irungu/EPA

Uganda’s most prominent opposition presidential candidate has accused the government of ballot stuffing and arresting and abducting his party’s officials during Thursday’s general election, which took place against against the backdrop of an internet shutdown.

The pop star turned politician Bobi Wine wrote on X: “Internet switched off. Massive ballot stuffing reported everywhere. Our leaders … arrested. Many of our polling agents and supervisors abducted, and others chased off polling stations. RISE TO THE OCCASION AND REJECT THE CRIMINAL REGIME.”