Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist, reportedly held a lavish wedding celebration at a private compound in Uganda.

The New York mayoral-hopeful is said to have hosted a party last weekend at his parents’ property in the billionaire neighbourhood of Buziga Hill, outside of the capital city of Kampala.

Mr Mamdani, 33, told social media followers he and his wife, Rama Duwaji, 27, were heading to his home country to celebrate their recent nuptials with his family.

His parents’ home, set on two acres of land, was guarded by masked security guards with phone-jamming signals set up to ensure complete privacy at the event, according to The Post.

The celebration lasted days, with partying late into the night, a source told The New York Post.

‘I will be back’

Mr Mamdani, making light of racist trolls who told him to “go back to Africa,” and poking fun at the media interested in his private life, posted on TikTok about the trip.

“Since you will undoubtedly read about this trip in The New York Post – Inshallah on the front page – here are a few of my humble suggestions for headlines,” he said, as Photoshopped front pages popped up on-screen.

The headlines read: “‘M.I.A IN AFRICA’, ‘U-GANDA MISS ME’, AND ‘HE’S GONE KAMPALA-ETELY CRAZY.’”

He added: “I do want to apologise to the haters though, because I will be back.”

Mr Mamdani and Ms Duwaji, an artist and animator, married earlier this year after meeting on the dating app Hinge.