The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is looking for an impersonator who posted false information on the Facebook timeline of outgoing Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya.
The alleged imposter endorsed ANC governor candidate Cleophas Malala, a member of the Kenya Kwanza faction, in the post that Oparanya has since flagged as fake.
According to Kakamega Central DCI head Daniel Ngetich, investigations into the matter are ongoing.
“We have not arrested the person even as investigations are ongoing. It needs forensic tracings and tracking to hold the imposter who got access to the governor’s account and posted on his behalf.
“We will find him probably after we are done with overseeing the counting of the ballots today. We already have a person of interest,” he said.
However, the ODM’s deputy party leader was quick to denounce the fact that he had not endorsed Malala.
Oparanya claimed that their opponents were afraid that Azimio la Umoja candidate Fernandes Barasa would beat Malala in the polls on Monday.
