Businessman Philip Nahashon Aroko, wanted in connection with the murder of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were, surrendered to Gigiri Police Station on Wednesday night.
He surrendered hours after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) issued a wanted warrant against him.
In a statement, the DCI said Aroko would be interrogated in connection with the MP's murder which occurred on the night of April 30. He presented himself before the police as investigations into Were’s murder continued to gather pace.
“The Directorate of Criminal Investigations requests Philip Nahashon Aroko to surrender immediately to the nearest police station,” DCI had said, adding: “He is a person of interest in the ongoing investigation into the brutal murder of Hon. Charles Ong’ondo Were. Compliance with this request is mandatory.”
The legislator was shot dead near City Mortuary in Nairobi by a gunman believed to have been trailing his car using a motorcycle.
Aroko maintained his innocence. He told investigators he was not involved in the MP's killing. He termed summons for him to appear before the sleuths as a diversionary tactic he said had something to do with local politics in Homa Bay.
The influential businessman, known to have an interest in the Kasipul parliamentary seat, accused Governor Gladys Wanga of being behind efforts to have him appear before the police over the incident.
“The situation we are in is very unfortunate. I want to tell the people of Homa Bay County that the politics in that county have turned into madness. It is not politics; it is thuggery,” Aroko said.
He added: “I saw the governor (Wanga) pushing so much for me to be called here. She is even making calls to the police so they can summon me here. She has achieved it now."
The latest development comes as the police work to resolve the puzzle surrounding MP Were's murder. It also came just hours after the sleuths had arrested more persons suspected to have been involved in the lawmaker's killing.
The driver and bodyguard of late MP are among three more individuals who were arrested in connection with the legislator's murder.
Detectives from the DCI also recovered two pistols believed to have been used in the murder of the MP. The weapons and other items recovered were reportedly found inside a house in Chokaa, Embakasi East, Nairobi County.
A bag and a pair of shoes believed to have been used by the prime suspect during the commission of the crime were also recovered.
It came barely three days after DCI officers arrested four other suspects linked to the killing of the MP, who was shot dead along Ngong Road near the City Mortuary roundabout.
Some of the suspects arrested were alleged to be members of the Mjahidin gang, a criminal group linked to a string of violent robberies within Nairobi's Eastlands area.
MP Were was shot dead on April 30 by an unknown individual who was on a motorbike.
According to a police report, the pillion passenger approached the lawmaker's vehicle and fired five shots at the MP before jumping back onto the motorcycle and speeding away.
