David Djumbe, personal assistant to jailed Chadema (Tanzania's main opposition party) leader Tundu Lissu, narrowly escaped abduction on the evening of 20 May after armed men claiming to be police forced him into a vehicle in front of dozens of witnesses. Djumbe managed to flee when his captors stopped the car during a high-speed chase, allowing him to run to safety; photographs showing him bloodied and handcuffed circulated widely on Tanzanian social media. The incident is the latest in a pattern of intimidation targeting Chadema as President Samia Suluhu Hassan's government is accused of growing authoritarianism, with Lissu himself having been imprisoned for over a year.