The Budongo Sub County Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)
chairperson, Mr Esau Amanio has been arrested after he was allegedly
found with petition forms to take President Museveni to the
International Criminal Court (ICC).
Amanio was picked on Wednesday by
police to go and explain why he was allegedly in possession of the
forms and why he was registering people’s names without the consent of
police.
The Masindi Resident District Commissioner, Mr
Godfrey Nyakahuma vowed to arrest more of those found registering people
without police notice.
“It is true we have arrested him and we are
going to arrest more who are involved in registering people without
police notice,” Mr Nyakahuma said.
Mr Innocent Bikorwomuhangi, the
Coordinator of the opposition ‘People’s Government’ in Masindi said he
received a call from Amanio at 10am informing him about his arrest.
“He
informed me that he had been arrested and being taken to police but
later he told me that he was being taken to the office of the RDC and
since then I haven’t communicated with him” Mr Bikorwomuhangi said.
Bikorwomuhangi said they had already submitted over 10, 000 signatures from Masindi to the office of the ‘People’s Government.’
The
Masindi FDC General Secretary, Mr Augustus Bigirwenkya said arresting
their supporters will not stop them from soliciting for signatures to
petition the ICC.
“All these are plans to frustrate us and make us weak, but we are to continue with the struggle,” Bigirwenkya said.
The
campaign led by four-time presidential contender, Dr Kizza Besigye is
aimed at petitioning the ICC to prosecute Mr Museveni and other
implicated government officials for crimes against humanity.
On November 20, 2019, security operatives in Kasese district stormed the FDC offices and went away with an assortment of items including a bundle of forms seeking the party members to append their signatures to support the petition that intends to drag President Museveni to the International Criminal Court for allegedly committing crimes against humanity.
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