JKIA Law Courts Principal Magistrate Irene Gichobi has issued orders detaining Philip Aroko, the prime suspect in MP Charles Were for seven days.
“The respondent presented himself. He has demonstrated that he will avail himself. I give custodial orders of seven working days, and he will be remanded at Kileleshwa Police Station,” she said
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The news comes hours after the High Court had issued orders to the police to present the businessman at JKIA Law courts following his dramatic.
Aroko is under probe over his involvement in the murder of the MP and is termed as the financier in the murder after preliminary investigations.
The businessman has been accused of threatening the MP in the past as documented by the legislator in his previous report.
“The respondent has been directly linked through communication records and financial trails to multiple persons of interest,” the State counsel told the court. “Evidence points to organised meetings held in Homabay, Nairobi, and Nakuru—all of which form part of the planning stages that preceded the MP’s death.” said prosecution.
Detectives are currently looking into his financial transactions and meetings believed he had organized to plot the assassination of the late MP.
“Some of the individuals who can provide key testimony are now living in fear and have not yet come forward,” said State Counsel.
