By Editorial,
Chaos erupted outside Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court today when plain-clothed operatives whisked away two people, among them a local councilor, shortly after proceedings in the treason and misprision of treason case against Dr. Kizza Besigye.
The drama unfolded moments after Besigye’s lawyers, led by Senior Counsel Martha Karua and Erias Lukwago, addressed the media.
Grade One Magistrate Jonathan Tiyo had stepped in for Chief Magistrate Esther Nyadoi, who was absent, and adjourned the trial to May 29, 2025.
As hundreds exited the courtroom, men in civilian clothes bundled the two suspects into a waiting white van parked opposite the court.
Witnesses say the vehicle then sped off toward the nearby Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI).
Harold Kaija, Secretary-General of the Patriotic Front for Freedom a splinter faction of the FDC, identified one of those taken as Katongole, a councilor from Kira Division. END.