Police in Rwanda have denied reports that they have arrested a prominent opposition leader, Diane Shima Rwigara, and her mother.
Police spokesperson Theos Badege told the BBC that security officers had conducted a raid at the politician’s home in relation to investigations over her alleged use of forged signatures to endorse her failed presidential bid.
This led to her disqualification in this month’s election which Paul Kagame won.
He added that her family was also being investigated for alleged tax evasion.
Reports say that unknown armed men dressed in civilian clothes spent a night outside her home before storming in on Wednesday morning.
They then held Ms Rwigara and her family at gunpoint, searching the house for hours.
Her family say that they don’t know where she and her mother are now.
