Nyandarua Senator and another one of the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's allies, John Methu, has narrated escaping a planned capture by a whisker.
Speaking on Sunday, the Senator relayed that when visiting Kakamega County on Saturday, May 31, President William Ruto had reportedly sent police officers to apprehend him.
"Yesterday, I was in Kakamega, where Riggy G had sent me. He (President Ruto) sent police officers to apprehend me, but I looked for young people and we dared him to try," Methu stated.
"William Ruto's officers left in a rush," he added.
Methu was reiterating Gachagua's faction's belief that President Ruto is using his power to try to silence those who criticise him.
He cited the latest apprehension of 35-year-old software engineer Rose Njeri, who had developed a website to allow people to easily reject the Finance Bill 2025, as one of the reasons why he believed the president is rattled.
Moments before Methu spoke about the attempted capture, their rally at Lari in Kiambu suffered a temporary setback when goons attempted to disrupt the event.
However, just as in Methu's incident in Kakamega, youths allied to Gachagua intervened and quelled the attempt before it could happen.
The senator's allegation of an attempted capture comes just over a week after another Gachagua ally, Juja Member of Parliament George Koimburi, was reportedly forcefully disappeared and dumped 18 hours later at a coffee plantation in Kiambu County.
However, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) distanced itself from the disappearance, stating that its investigations had raised serious doubts about the credibility of the kidnapping.
In a press briefing, a mere two days after the MP resurfaced, the director of DCI, Mohamed Amin and the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, revealed that Koimburi had spent a night at a hotel, according to statements issued by three of his acquaintances apprehended in connection with the said disappearance.
This is despite Gachagua visiting the MP at the hospital and relaying that the MP was in critical condition and had suffered torture while in captivity. According to Gachagua, Koimburi had soft tissue injuries, and his vocal cords were damaged, rendering him unable to speak.
