Embakasi East MP, Babu Owino, transferred from Wang’uru Police Station under tight security to an unknown destination

Embakasi East MP, Babu Owino, transferred from Wang’uru Police Station under tight security to an unknown destination..

Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has been escorted out of Wanguru Police Station under tight police security with details unknown on the destination he has been transferred to.

Owino was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and whisked to various destinations that are unknown to their family members.

Since morning, tension has been high as Owino’s family and lawyers demand his release or arraignment after Tuesday’s arrest.

It was a shouting match between the family relatives and the police officers as they demanded the release of the Embakasi East MP.

Lawyer Ndwega Njiru protested why police had barred Owino from accessing his lawyers and family which is a stipulated constitutional right.

“If they want to kill us let them do it but justice must be done. You can’t lock someone for three days without food. The constitution grants minimum rights when arrested,”

Wee morning hours, Fridah Ongili wife to Embakasi East MP Babu Owino pleaded for the release of her husband.

In his application, Okatch is seeking orders to compel the Inspector of Police and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to present Babu before the High Court.

Okatch argued that the aforementioned authorities forcefully arrested the MP.

“An order that the 1st respondent and or his representatives appear in person or by his duly authorised agents together with the original of any warrant or order of detention to show cause why the applicant should not be released forthwith,” his lawyer stated.