How Obado Tried to Evade Arrest at Ruto’s Event

Migori Governor Okoth Obado tried to escape an impending arrest at a Big Four Agenda event headlined by Deputy President William Ruto at Hilton Hotel in Nairobi.

Obado left the event midway and rushed to the basement of the five-star hotel where he was arrested as he tried to leave in a taxi.

Police said Obado had called a taxi and asked the management of the hotel to allow it to drive into the basement, where he boarded it, ready to leave.

Before proceeding to the basement, he was escorted by his bodyguards to the VIP washrooms on the first floor.

An armed officer who realised the governor’s seat was empty followed him to the basement and stopped the taxi.



Minutes after Obado left the room where the function was going on, five plain-clothes officers came into the hotel and were directed to where he was.



Obado was then taken into a waiting police car and driven to the offices of the Special Crimes Prevention Unit (SCPU) off Ngong Road.

He was later moved to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters along Kiambu Road.

He was informed that he was under arrest because a pistol found in his Migori home was believed to be illegal or unregistered.



Detectives recovered eight pistols with more than 100 bullets at his Migori and Nairobi homes.

According to the Standard, Obado explained that some of the weapons belonged to him and his bodyguards.

H, however,r did not comment about the pistol in question.

 

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