Activist Nicholas Oyoo recounts terrifying ordeal after abduction in Uganda
Kenyan activist Nicholas Oyoo has given a chilling account of how he and fellow activist Bob Njagi were abducted in Uganda under mysterious circumstances.
Speaking on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, during an interview with a local TV station, Oyoo said the duo had parked their vehicle at a petrol station in Mutuga after experiencing tyre problems while on their way to Kampala.
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However, what began as a simple mechanical issue quickly turned into a nightmare.
“We were trying to organise our vehicle because it had some tyre issues. In fact, it started as we went to Kampala. We had to take a bit of time because we had to organise the tyres,” Oyoo narrated.
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Fixing tyre issues
He explained that after parking at a Stabex petrol station to spend the night, they planned to fix the tyres the following morning with the help of friends bringing replacements.
“When we got to Mutuga, we found a Stabex petrol station, and that is when our vehicle could not move further. So we decided to park it there and spend the night a bit. In the morning, we got up to now deal with the tyres. There were comrades of ours who were bringing those tyres. When these people came with an adverse team of about two people, they were talking to him (Bob Njagi), and when I saw them, I knew it was the people bringing the tyres, and I was the one who had their contacts, so I joined him,” he said.
What followed next was a harrowing experience.
“The moment I joined him, we heard the police, and suddenly a vehicle they call a drone appeared. The people who dropped from that vehicle were a sight that I had never seen in front of me — people fully armed to the teeth, about eight of them. They surrounded us and pushed us into the vehicle,” Oyoo recounted.
Entry into Uganda
The duo has, however, maintained that they had legally toured Uganda before they were held captive for 38 days.
Oyoo said the trip was both personal and professional, emphasising that they followed all legal procedures to enter Uganda.
“We have business interests, we have family interests. We have those kinds of relationships and that kind of stuff,” he said.
“So we had a plan to go to Uganda to go and see some of these issues. And so when we got into Uganda legally, by the way, our passports were stamped with a six-month visa, we got in very well, and we started our business.”
