Human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has been released from police custody barely two hours after being arrested and taken to the Central Police Station in Nairobi.
His release came shortly after a statement outlining the charges he is likely face went viral on social media.
According to a written statement by the police at Central Police Station, the activist had been arrested on charges of organizing a ‘revolution likely to cause civil unrest and also cause a breach of peace’.
Shortly after his arrest, Boniface Mwangi had been the top trending topic on Twitter for the early part of Monday afternoon.