The bodyguard of Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga, Maurice Ogeta, has allegedly been abducted by unknown men suspected to be police officers, according to the ODM party.
ODM’s director of communications, Philip Etale, said in a statement on Wednesday that Ogeta was accosted by the assailants on his way to work from home on Wednesday morning, who flagged him down and then bundled him in his car’s boot.
According to Etale, the car stalled after a few minutes of driving and the assailants had to force Ogeta out of the boot to help them restart it.
“After driving for a few minutes, the vehicle stalled and they got him out of the boot to show them how to restart it before returning him to the boot and sped off to an unknown destination,” read the statement in part.
Etale also claimed that Embakasi East MP Babu Owino was apprehended on Tuesday night shortly after arriving in Nairobi from Mombasa, where he and other Nairobi County Members of Parliament are said to have attended a meeting with officials from the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA).
MP Owino also claimed to have been arrested on his Facebook page.
“Have been detained by the DCI JKIA after my arrival from Mombasa. Currently under arrest,” he wrote.
The alleged incidents occur in the wake of anti-government protests scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
