Kenyans woke up to news that Garissa Governor Ali Bunow Korane had been arrested and was being linked to the attempted murder of his former finance executive Idris Adan Muktar.
The governor has however come out guns blazing on social media denying that he was ever under police custody and insisting that he went there on his own volution to ‘clarify matters’.
Korane blamed the local media for misrepresenting facts and stated that he was a law abiding citizen who is available to appear before authorities when called upon and was not a criminal as indicated in the reports.
Here is his tweet.
I went to Nairobi DCI HQs this morning to write a statement and make some clarifications concerning the shooting of former Garissa County CEC Finance Idris Adan Muktar. I did this as a law abiding citizen and was not under arrest as alleged by sections of local media houses
— H.E Ali Bunow Korane (@HonAliKorane) August 28, 2018
Korane was allegedly picked from his Nairobi house in Kilimani and taken into custody for questioning after a number of arrested suspects linked him to the shooting incident.
The gun used in shooting Mukhtar, 33 had been recovered from suspects. Police staked at the governor’s house overnight until 5 am Tuesday when he came out. He was taken for questioning at Nairobi DCI offices. Among those in custody include the gunman who was involved in the shooting incident, a woman who hired a car that was used in trailing Mukhtar and a soldier.
A team of detectives who visited the scene were informed the victim had gone for prayers at a nearby mosque and was leaving for his house when he was attacked on August 18. He was walking to his car when a gunman who had been waiting at the entrance of the facility pursued him.
His family said Mukhtar had complained of threats to his life. He shared his statement in which he named possible suspects behind the threats with his lawyers. Mukhtar had been sacked by the Garissa governor and moved to court where he was awarded Sh50 million for wrongful sacking.