At least four supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) who were allegedly abducted in January 2021 by gunmen believed to be security operatives have resurfaced.
They include; Buwama Town Council Chairperson-elect Abdul-Rashid Nkinga alias Jjaja Katikanyonyi, Baker Kawooya, Emmanuel Bazira and Muhamaddi Ssekimpi.
Mr Nkinga said he and his colleagues were on Friday dumped by their captors in Kibukuta swamp near Jalia City highway stopover in Buwama Town Council along Kampala-Masaka highway at around 11pm after spending several days in unknown detention.
“We were ordered not to speak to you (journalists) before being ordered to get out of the drone which drove us back while blindfolded,” Mr Nkinga said.
The four are said to be among hundreds of opposition supporters who were arrested during and after the January 2021 elections in which operation President Museveni said was being conducted by security operatives against criminal elements who had planned to cause violence ahead of his swearing in later in May.
“They look frail. They allege acts of torture and some of them only react by crying when you ask them about their detention,” Mr. Umar Ssemujju a resident said.
