The Drone Media has established that the Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and others, did not positively respond to police summons as a result they were waylaid and effectively arrested.
A source that did not want to be mentioned told The Drone Media that the police summons were about loads of money that was on their bank accounts. The financial intelligence learnt of the money and wanted to establish the source and intention plus the purpose of the money, but the learned fellow did not respond positively.
Another source revealed that Nicholas Opiyo is accused of Money laundering. It is said, on October 8th, 2020, ABSA Bank at Garden City acquired USD 340,000 through an account number 6004078045 in the names of Chapter Four Uganda, knowing that the funds were proceeds of crime.
In Uganda, we have Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA),it’s a government agency established by the parliament of Uganda to monitor, investigate, and prevent money laundering in the country.
However, the source said the lawyer should be allowed to access his lawyers and be given fair hearing.
Police says, ” We would like to further inform the public that the Task Team actively investigating Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and others for violating anti-Money laundering rules has deepened its investigations into the preliminary findings. In addition, our Forensic teams are analysing exhibits that have been recovered so far. The suspects still remain in our custody at the Special Investigations Division Kireka.”
Meanwhile the Senior Presidential Advisor on Military matters Lt Gen Proscovia Nalweyiso has revealed that if they (NRM) wanted the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential flag bearer Robert Kyagulanyi killed, he would have been dead by now but the NRM government does not kill its citizens.
On several occasions, some government critics have always claimed that the regime wants to kill Kyagulanyi famously known as Bobi Wine.
However, appearing on UBC TV on Tuesday, Gen Nalweyiso said if government had any intention to kill Bobi Wine, it would have done so in 2018 during the Arua fracas, when his supporters allegedly threw stones at the motorcade of President Yoweri Museveni.
“If I, Gen Nalweyiso was to be arrested, my people or even my fellow tribesmen the Baganda are not supposed to protest, and I would urge them not to protest because this government does not kill people in custody,” said the highest ranking female military officer in Uganda.
“There is no chance that government is going to arrest Kyagulanyi and kill him. If we wanted to kill Kyagulanyi, we would have killed him in Arua,” she added.
Gen. Proscovia Nalweyiso
Gen Nalweyiso further noted that instead of resorting to riots like kyagulanyi and his supporters did last month following his arrest, they should focus on peacefully seeking the presidential mandate without being violent.
“I have been with this president in the bush since 1981. A child that we raised and brought to where he is today, and he goes and throws a paver at a person we have been protecting from when we were in the bush? He would have died then; in fact, I was among the people who thought that Kyagulanyi would have died on that day. But if he survived and we protected him until today when he is campaigning, and then we arrest him and you want to go and loot and burn people’s property… we are not going to allow that.
“We want them to come into leadership without touching anybody’s hard earned property. If they win, the President will hand them the constitution and get in his car and drive off to Rwakituta”.
