Attorney General (AG) Justin Muturi’s son was Sunday released hours after his arrest by police from the Anti Terror Police Unit (ATPU).
It is not clear why Leslie Muturi, 40 was taken to the ATPU offices in Upper Hill where he was detained and questioned for hours.
A family spokesman said Leslie was released at about 6.30 pm.
“The parents have been informed of his release after being grilled,” said a source aware of the issue.
He had been arrested on Saturday night as he left a club off Dennis Pritt Road.
The reasons for his arrest from the road were not immediately disclosed.
AG Muturi confirmed earlier on Sunday the family was yet to find his Leslie.
“He has not yet been found,” he said on Sunday afternoon.
The matter had been reported to police.
Those close to AG Muturi said he was not happy how the police handled the matter.
He is said to have questioned why he was not informed of the plans to arrest his son.
Embakasi West MP Mark Mwenje disclosed the incident on the night of Saturday, June 22, while standing next to the four-wheel drive vehicle that Leslie was reportedly using at the time of his alleged abduction.
Reports indicate he had been at a popular club along Dennis Pritt Road before he drove out in the car, which was blocked a few meters ahead. He was forced out and put into a different car, which drove off immediately. The motive for the incident was not yet known.
In a video that circulated online on Saturday evening, Mwenje alleged that Leslie, whom he described as his friend, was taken out of his car by police officers by the roadside. Mwenje claimed that they were driving in different cars alongside their other friends in Nairobi’s Kilimani area when the alleged police stopped Leslie’s car and took him away in a Land Cruiser.
“We were in Kilimani, my friend Leslie Muturi, son to AG Justin Muturi, was just arrested by the police here on the road. I was the one following him; this is his car,” the MP said in the video. The blue SUV was on the roadside with its doors and boot yanked open.
“To the police who have taken him, we will find you. Release him right now; we will not sleep until we find him. We have informed everyone in Nairobi,” he said in the video.
