Frail and sickly Bobi Wine now charged with treason

Bobi Wine at Gulu Magistrates Court in Uganda. Photo/COURTESY

In Summary

• The frail-looking MP was seen struggling to walk with crutches and had to be assisted to go down the steps outside the military court.
• Defense lawyers had urged the State to release him to seek urgent medical attention after claims that he was beaten while in military custody.
• President Yoweri Museveni's convoy was also seen passing outside the military court as the case was being heard.

Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has now been charged with treason after he was released from military custody.

On Thursday, the Gulu Magistrate’s Court ordered that Bobi Wine be remanded until August 30.

Earlier, the military court had released him after dropping charges of illegal possession of firearms.

The frail-looking MP was seen struggling to walk with crutches and had to be assisted down the steps outside the military court.

JUST IN: The court Martial has set Hon. Kyagulanyi free. #NBSUpdates#NBSAT10 pic.twitter.com/L30FCzOc0l

— NBS Television (@nbstv) August 23, 2018

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President Yoweri Museveni’s convoy was also seen passing outside the military court as the case was being heard.

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