Migori County governor is set to suffer more behind bars if the police will be granted what they are seeking! Police sought 15 days to detain Migori governor Okoth Obado who is facing the charge of possessing guns illegally.
The governor was arraigned at the Kibera law court a day after he was arrested for allegedly keeping eight guns in his house through a mission aimed at getting documents to aid investigations into his corruption allegations by EACC.
There was tight security as Obado was ushered into an empty courtroom. The doors were shut.
He was accompanied by his lawyer Cliff Ombeta even as journalists struggled to get pictures of him.
Prosecutor Catherine Mwaniki said they need time to go through firearms data to find out the rightful owners of the firearms.
“We need time to find out if there are probable suspects, to record statements of witnesses, to go through phone data of probable suspects,” she said.
Mwaniki cited public interest in the ODPP’s bid to detain the county chief.
“It is in public interest that we ask for ample time to rule out the possibility of the use of the firearms in any crime,” she said.
Obado was interrogated at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters for a better part of Wednesday.
The guns were reportedly found when EACC detectives raided the governor’s Nairobi and Migori homes as well as offices on Tuesday.
The DCI earlier said the weapons would be subjected to ballistic examination and verification.
And in court, the DPP prayed for more days to allow the officers (including ballistics) travel to Obado’s rural home to thoroughly investigate the matter.
The probe is to establish whether the guns were licensed to be owned by the governor.
Obado is also facing a murder charge of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno.
He faces probe on accusations of embezzling Sh2.5 billion county funds through his proxies.
Will he really get away with the charges?