Ugandan security forces raid campaign office of opposition leader Bobi Wine

Reggae star and presidential hopeful says soldiers and police seized cash and election materials

Security forces in Uganda have raided the offices of Bobi Wine, the reggae star and prominent opposition leader, as tensions rise in the east African country months ahead of presidential elections in January.

Soldiers and police officers invaded the headquarters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) in Kamwokya, a suburb of the Kampala, the capital, in the late morning on Wednesday. They seized cash, posters, banners and quantities of red berets, Wine's signature headgear and a symbol of resistance" which the government says is illegal.