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| Nicholas Mrima Wanyepe arrested and detained in Kilifi police cells. PHOTO | Courtesy |
Kilifi south ODM candidate Nicholas Mrima Wanyepe spends his night in police cells in Kilifi Police station following orders to arrest him from “above”. Wanyepe was arrested following allegations that he knew where Raila Odinga will be swearing-in tomorrow.
The Police claim that he had clue and evidence to show that Raila Odinga swearing-in ceremony will be conducted tomorrow. “We heard that you know where the swearing ceremony for Raila Odinga is already set.” one Police officer said.
Nicholas Mrima Wanyepe, who contested the party’s primaries early this year but was defeated by current Kilifi South MP Ken Chonga was arrested on Saturday in Mtwapa and transferred to Kilifi Police Station.
Police said he was arrested for possessing material that may incite the public against the Government. But local activists said Wanyepe was detained for handing out NASA’s branded National Resistance Movement NRM T-shirts.
“I had no intention or any information about where Raila Odinga will be swearing in. I even do not anything regarding the ceremony. Nairobi ODM leaders will be in a good position to explain that. ” Said Wanyepe.
Kilifi County Commander Ben Kogo said Wanyepe would be arraigned in court today. “I am out of Kilifi but that is what I was briefed. He is in custody and we shall take him to court on Monday,” said Kogo.
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| GSU officers disperse angry supporters of Nicholas Wanyepe who were on April 23, 2017 protesting at the ODM Kilifi officers after he lost the Kilifi South parliamentary ticket to businessman Ken Chonga. PHOTO | KAZUNGU SAMUEL | NATION MEDIA GROUP |
According to Charles Omollo, a youth leader from Kilifi, Wanyepe was arrested while coming from church. “According to the charges, the police claim he knows where NASA leader Raila Odinga will be sworn in,” said Omolo.
Police also are in Man-hunt for another ODM official in Kilifi who declared that they do not recognize Uhuru Kenyatta as the President of Kenya in Public. The Man named by the coast region coordinator Nelson Marwa is among the people who pushed for Peoples assembly in Kilifi county assembly.
