In clap back to the Ugandan government,deported MTN Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wim Joris Vanhelleputte has dragged the Attorney General to court, challenging his deportation as being irrational and illegal.
“The applicant has never committed any offence or criminal act under the laws of Uganda and neither is he responsible for breaking any law. That there’s no lawful reason whatsoever for his deportation. That it is in the interest of justice that his deportation be quashed,” read his affidavit in part.
A part from quashing the deportation order, Vanhelleputte wants the court to order for payment of general damages for illegal detention and deportation.
Vanhelleputte was deported mid last month and in his place Gordian Kyomukama appointed. Kyomukama was the MTN’s chief technology officer.
The Belgian national was deported for sponsoring Kyadondo East Mp Robert Kyangulanyi alias Bobi Wine’s activities who has been considered an enemy of President Yoweri Museveni.