Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a legal challenge in the country’s Supreme Court on Monday seeking cancellation of the results of last month’s presidential election that handed victory to incumbent President Yoweri Museveni.
Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was said to have won 35 percent.
“We want the poll cancelled and repeated,” said George Musisi, lawyer for Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP), on Monday.
“There was outright ballot-stuffing, there was intimidation of NUP agents and supporters, some were arrested on the eve of the election, there was pre-ticking of ballots.”He added.
Bobi Wine has accused Museveni of staging a “coup” in the election and has previously urged his supporters to protest the result through non-violent means.
Human Rights Watch said the lead-up to the elections was characterised by widespread violence and human rights abuses.
Internet was shut down across the country shortly before voting started. It has since returned, though access to social media is blocked.
