The National Unity Platform party presidential aspirant and Uganda’s opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has blasted the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) for failing to disclose the whereabouts of Kenyan nationals Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi.

Bobi Wine’s sentiments come shortly after the UPDF has officially denied having the activists in their custody, according to a sworn statement filed in the High Court of Uganda at Kampala (Civil Division).

Njagi and Oyoo went missing on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, in Kampala, as they were taken away by armed operatives at a petrol station in Kireka, shortly after attending Bobi Wine’s political event. Their abduction has sparked outrage from opposition leaders and human rights defenders regionally and the United Nations human rights defenders.

”Like it did with comrade Sam Mugumya, whom it abducted 2 months ago and remains missing to date, the shameless Museveni regime has also denied having in its custody our Kenyan comrades Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, whom it abducted in Kampala on 1st October!

“A regime that came to power 40 years ago, promising to end gross human rights violations, is now blatantly engaging in even worse! We must end this impunity once and for all, fellow Ugandans!” Bobi Wine took to X on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

In a return to a writ of habeas corpus filed under Miscellaneous Cause No. 0281 of 2025, Colonel Silas Kamanda, the Director at the Joint Staff Legal Services of the UPDF, stated that the military has no record of detaining the two individuals. The habeas corpus application was filed by Oyoo and Njagi’s representatives, seeking to compel the state to produce them in court and justify their detention.

Colonel Kamanda, in his affidavit dated in October 2025, confirmed that investigations were conducted across all UPDF detention facilities and that relevant records—including lock-up registers and custody files—were reviewed. He reported that no entries or records were found relating to the detention of Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi from October 1, 2025, to date.

“We therefore confirm that the said Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi are not within the custody of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces and we do not know their whereabouts,” the statement read in part.

The Colonel’s return was filed through the Attorney General’s Chambers, located at Plot 7 Baumann House, Kampala, as required by Ugandan judicial procedure in habeas corpus matters.

Meanwhile, the whereabouts of Oyoo and Njagi remain unknown, raising growing concern over their disappearance. The case continues to draw attention as both the Ugandan judiciary and human rights organisations seek clarity on the fate of the missing individuals.

Authorities are yet to issue further comment on whether other security agencies may have been involved in the arrest or detention of the two men.