Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Kizza Besigye today Sunday beat heavy police surveillance in Jinja city to escape arrest and take off to Soroti for the Soroti by-election.
Reports say Besigye and his Red Card Movement colleague and activist; Mukaku Lubega had made a stopover for refreshments at Igar café and petrol station in Jinja city when the police immediately surrounded their car and ordered them to return to Kampala.
Besigye moved out of his vehicle and entered the cafe and accessed Kyabazinga road, where he jumped on a boda boda which was seen heading towards Iganga.
Police later blocked Besigye’s vehicle registration number; UBA 695R, and arrested all the occupants including, Lubega, Ketra Komugisha, Ronald Muhinda, and the driver, Fred Kato.
The vehicle was later towed to Nalufenya police station and his aides were detained at the police station.
Prior to the face-off with police, Mukaku told journalists that they were heading to Soroti to mobilize support for the FDC candidate Moses Attan Okia.
Lubega accused the police of interfering with their Breakfast Katogo.
