<p>Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he was withdrawing a court case challenging presidential election results that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, alleging bias by Supreme Court justices hearing the case.</p>.<p>"We have decided to withdraw from their court," Bobi Wine told a news conference in the capital Kampala.</p>.<p>Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has rejected the results of the January election and said he believed victory was stolen from him. A popstar and lawmaker, Wine, 39, was asking the court to overturn the results on several grounds including widespread use of violence.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ugandas-museveni-extends-35-year-rule-with-disputed-election-win-939809.html" target="_blank">Uganda's Museveni extends 35-year rule with disputed election win</a></strong></p>.<p>Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%.</p>.<p>"The courts are not independent, it is clear these people (judges) are working for Mr. Museveni," Wine told reporters.</p>.<p>Solomon Muyita, a judiciary spokesman, told Reuters they will only respond to Wine's accusations and decision to withdraw the case when he has formally quit the case through his lawyers.</p>.<p>"Right now what he has done is, he has only made a political statement, as far as the records of the Supreme Court are (concerned) the case is still there," he said.</p>
<p>Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he was withdrawing a court case challenging presidential election results that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, alleging bias by Supreme Court justices hearing the case.</p>.<p>"We have decided to withdraw from their court," Bobi Wine told a news conference in the capital Kampala.</p>.<p>Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has rejected the results of the January election and said he believed victory was stolen from him. A popstar and lawmaker, Wine, 39, was asking the court to overturn the results on several grounds including widespread use of violence.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ugandas-museveni-extends-35-year-rule-with-disputed-election-win-939809.html" target="_blank">Uganda's Museveni extends 35-year rule with disputed election win</a></strong></p>.<p>Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%.</p>.<p>"The courts are not independent, it is clear these people (judges) are working for Mr. Museveni," Wine told reporters.</p>.<p>Solomon Muyita, a judiciary spokesman, told Reuters they will only respond to Wine's accusations and decision to withdraw the case when he has formally quit the case through his lawyers.</p>.<p>"Right now what he has done is, he has only made a political statement, as far as the records of the Supreme Court are (concerned) the case is still there," he said.</p>