Migori governor Okoth Obado’s relationship with Rongo University student Sharon Otieno was not a secret, it was out in the public, Lawyer Cliff Ombeta has said.
“When the photos were circulating in social media long before this, It was not a secret even the people in the county knew about it…there was a relationship,” he said.
Sharon’s family had said Obado had a deep romantic relationship with their daughter, who was found dead in Kodera Forest last Wednesday.
The seven-month pregnant woman had been raped and stabbed eight times; three times in the neck, four times in the back and on the left side of her abdomen. Speaking to KTN news on Wednesday, Ombeta said Obado’s relationship was on and they cannot refute the claims.
“It is a normal thing for people to have a moment of weakness but speaking of murder no,” he said.
If they had an affair, you can imagine the trauma Governor Obado is going through, death of his close confidant, he is basically mourning and needs a break from political competitors and haters.
There is no single communication be it text, voice, video or face to face in which the governor threatened Sharon, argements are usual in a regular relationship. There is absolutely no connection with murder.
Noting that they sympathise with the deceased, Ombeta said politics has taken a center stage in the investigations.