According to Matiang’i’s attorneys, the police attempted an illegal arrest of their client on Thursday, February 9.
Fred Matiang’i, a former interior cabinet secretary, filed a lawsuit on the alleged late-night police search of his Karen house.
The attorneys asserted that the former CS raised an alarm after receiving information about the impending arrest from some police officers who were loyal to him.
“…has received credible information from officers of the Kenya police that they are under express instructions to arbitrarily capture and arrest him with a view of arraigning him in court for ulterior political motives”.
Consequently, Matiang’i asked the court to grant orders to stop the police from arresting or charging him.
“We seek in the interim that justice should reign. In as much as there would probably be something purported to have been done by Matiang’i, let him be given every civil right entitled to every citizen in the country,” one of his lawyers stated.
A second attorney asserted that the threats made on Wednesday night should have resulted in the former Interior Boss receiving a warrant for his arrest.
The former CS hasn’t appeared in public since the alleged invasion, in the meanwhile. Lawyer Danstun Omari asserted on February 8 that his client’s life was in danger.
“They want to detain our client for an undisclosed offense. I can certify to every Kenyan in this nation that Matiang’i’s life is in danger; we don’t know why someone would want to break into Matiang’i’s home at this hour of the night “Omari commented.
Raila Odinga, the leader of the Azimio, traveled to Karen and denounced the use of the police in political disputes by the government.
Japhet Koome, the inspector general of police, refuted allegations that National Police Service (NPS) agents searched the Karen home.
Additionally, the raid was not authorized by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), according to CEO Twalib Mubarak.
