Nation journalist Barrack Oduor revealed that Migori Governor Okoth Obado discovered that 26-year-old university student Sharon Otieno had been chatting with his son.
According to Oduor, the affair turned sour as the Governor accused her of having an affair with his son.
To prove the allegations, Sharon showed the journalist telephone conversations and WhatsApp chats between herself and governor Obado.
Reports by the Daily Nation claimed that Sharon allegedly also played a recording of a phone conversation whereby the governor purportedly asked her to have an abortion and stop posting too many pictures on social media.
After hearing her story, the journalist said he decided to contact the governor through House Minority Leader John Mbadi so as to get his side of the story.
Oduor travelled with Ms Otieno to meet governor Obado in Nairobi but they failed to see him.
The journalist stated: "Sharon was constantly hesitant about the story being published in the media. From my understanding, she was not decided fully and so I took my time to conduct more investigations."
He added: "She, however, kept sending some pictures to the governor, which annoyed him. I still don't know the kind of pictures those were, but she said he was not happy."
For some time the conversation between Oduor and Ms Otieno stopped, until the day they were abducted when the Varsity student called the journalist, telling him that the governor's aide, Michael Oyamo, had called for a meeting with them.
Ms Otieno, who was a second-year Medical Records and Information student at Rongo University, was the one in contact with the PA all this time and planned the meeting, according to Oduor.
