Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is an unimpressed man following a publication of a story pitting him against a billionaire businessman over land.
In its Friday edition, The Nairobian claimed that Businessman Patrick Nderitu had won the first round in a battle over land that Sonko valued at Ksh150 million.
Taking to Facebook, the seemingly agitated governor termed the tabloid as gutter press asking people to ignore it. The article was titled 'Mike Sonko vs Nderitu: Who Will Blink First.'
"Ignore this gutter press. This is a sponsored misleading false story. There's nothing like who will blink first.
"The suit property was restored back to the widow Mary Ochola's trust Glad Tidings Crusade vide the attached court ruling, court order, title deed and a valid official search issued by the lands office after the Glad tidings crusade title deed was restored back to the family trust," started Sonko.
The land in question was a Buruburu church property that had reportedly sparked a spat between the billionaire and the governor in June.
The paper further detailed that some church trustees filed a suit challenging the tycoon and the County Government of Nairobi sought to be enjoined in the suit.
"But a ruling delivered by a magistrate's court in Nairobi struck out both cases, ordering that it will not interfere with the title deed given to Nderitu for the land he acquired more than a year ago," reported The Nairobian.
Sonko, however, dismantled that claim explaining that the couple that attempted to forge the widow's details to forcefully take Ksh3 million from the church and was charged in a Nairobi court.
"The couple who forged their widowed mother's signature Christine Opiko and Edward Otieno were charged with a criminal offence at Makadara court vide the attached charge sheet.
"How on earth can two charged suspects purport to have gone again to a different magistrate who has even no jurisdiction to preside over a case involving a property whose value is above 150m to register another exparte consent," continued Sonko.
The couple, however, denied the charges.
