Etienne Tshisekedi was blocked in at the airport by police for eight hours
Tension is high in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after violence at pre-election rallies left at least two people dead.
Supporters of President Joseph Kabila and the main opposition candidate, Etienne Tshisekedi, pelted each other with stones and police fired tear gas.
Final rallies were due to be held on Saturday ahead of Monday's parliamentary and presidential vote.
But police banned them at the last minute after the violence.
"Because of the escalating violence seen in Kinshasa, all public demonstrations and other political meetings are cancelled this Saturday," Governor Andre Kimbuta said. "This is for a better result of the electoral process."
Mr Kabila and his two main rivals had been due to hold rallies within several hundred metres of each other, at the capital's main stadium
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