Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was, on Sunday, March 23, temporarily blocked from leaving the ACK Cathedral in Nyeri town.
In videos seen by Kenyans.co.ke, the crowd was seen gathering outside the church confronting the residents in a heated exchange that prompted the intervention of police officers.
Earlier in the day, former Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu took to social media alleging that a group of goons had gathered outside waiting to confront the former DP.
"So there are goons outside our church mobilized from Mathira to cause chaos when HE Rigathi leaves the consecration of Bishop Mureithi at ACK Cathedral, Nyeri Town," part of the post read.
"Another one of those weird ideas to fight RiggyG that build him up even more."
Online reports also alleged that the group had started gathering while the former Deputy President was still inside and had promptly confronted the residents who were in attendance.
An unconfirmed number of people were also reportedly injured during the fracas.
This chaos was not the only odd thing that happened at the event as several Kenyans online had also alleged that Kenya Power had shut off power to willfully disrupt the event.
However, Kenya Power quickly debunked the claims, stating that Nyeri town had been earmarked for power shut-off to allow for maintenance and that the notice had been issued a day earlier.
"Good afternoon sir, Kindly note that various parts of Nyeri County and its environs were scheduled for a planned maintenance today, 23rd of March, as circulated on our platforms. This is to ensure the provision of continuous and reliable power," the statement responding to an online critic read.
Gachagua was attending an ACK church in which politicking was banned starting Sunday, March 16.
During the church service a week ago, ACK Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit announced that going forward, political leaders would only be introduced and allowed to wave in all ACK churches countrywide.
