Nairobi — Fridah Ongili wife to Embakasi East MP Babu Owino is pleading for the release of her husband who was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and whisked to various destinations that are unknown to their family members.
She made the statement after she was denied access to see her husband who had been moved to Wang’uru Police Station in Mwea.
‘My husband has done nothing else but fight for the rights of Kenyans and there is absolutely nothing that he did to warrant the arrest,” she stated.
“We are just asking to Azimio, Raila Odinga to do what you van to assist my husband. To the government, you are the one who is holding him illegally, there is absolutely nothing he has done.”
Owino and eight others on Wednesday filed a case in court seeking to compel the police to be ordered to release them immediately and unconditionally.
The nine, through lawyer Danston Omari, argued that their rights, which include the right to peacefully demonstrate, freedom of movement, and to associate freely with others exercising their political rights, will continue to be violated if the police continue detaining them.
