By BigEyeUg Team
It’s an alarming situation moment for the Ugandan entertainment fraternity and family renowned media personality, at the same time Chairman LC3 Bunamwaya, Jacob Akugizibwe Kyaligonza alias DJ Jacob Omutuuze.
DJ Jacob Omutuuze
This follows reports spilling on social media that DJ Jacob Omutuuze has been arrested and detained in Dubai for possessing a fake Passport and Visa.
According to the Vice President of the Entertainment Journalists Association Uganda Jonathan Jaxta, Jacob Omutuuze was arrested for yet unclear reasons on Monday, December 6, 2021 and has since been detained by authorities.
“Jacob Omutuuze was arrested in Dubai, we have learnt. According to our sources, Jacob was arrested on Monday and it’s now three days when he is behind bars. It is not yet clear why he was arrested but we’ll keep updated once more details come in,” a statement from Jonathan Jaxta reads.
A statement issued on the Dembe FM’s presenter’s Facebook page on Wednesday morning pleads for rescue to the Ugandan Embassy Abu Dhabi after spending over 4days detained at Dubai airport terminal without feeding and sleeping.
Jacob says that he was arrested on grounds of having a fake passport and visa.
He reveals that it’s not his first experience of Dubai immigration dubbing him a ‘Nigerian’.
Jacob also asserts that he has been banned from flying to Dubai at any time with immediate effect.
Here is DJ Jacob Omutuuze’s statement in full:
It’s coming 4 days since am Detained at Dubai airport terminal 1 without anything to eat or sleep on and the weather is not good on my side. This people are saying am having a fake passport which doesn’t belong to me plus fake visa, this is not the first time Dubai immigration to call me a Nigerian. My passport is blacklisted to never enter Dubai again but still waiting Dubai immigration for the next step. Pallaso and MARY Flavia Namulindwa Kubula are trying to help me out but nothing is yet out. Uganda Embassy Abu Dhabi I need your help to over come this stupid life am facing. The way the treat people down here human rights should intervene.
We will keep you posted with new developments in this story.