The High Court has ordered the National Police Service (NPS) to produce Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga’s bodyguard Maurice Ogeta.
Justice Lawrence Mugambi in an order on Friday, July 21 directed NPS to produce Ogeta before any court in Nairobi or within the country.
“That, pending the hearing and determination of this application inter-parties, a writ of habeus corpus is hereby issued directing the 2nd Respondent to produce Maurice Ogeta before a court of competent jurisdiction in Nairobi or any other Court within the Republic of Kenya for an inquiry into the issue of his detention,” read the order in part.
Mugambi certified the application filed by Christopher Ogettah as urgent adding that the case will be mentioned on July 31 for compliance and further direction.
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The order comes after Odinga dismissed reports that Ogeta had been released.
The ODM leader in a video on his Twitter account on Thursday, July 20, Raila stated that Ogeta was abducted on Wednesday and his whereabouts are unknown. Raila demanded his release adding that he will not leave anyone who has been arrested behind.
Ogeta was allegedly abducted by people in plain clothes while on his way to work on Wednesday morning and driven to an unknown destination.
"Unknown people in plain clothes suspected to be police officers from the DCI have abducted Raila Odinga's bodyguard Maurice Ogeta while driving to work bundled him in the car boot and driven away with him to an unknown destination. His whereabouts remain unknown," ODM party Director of Communications Philip Etale tweeted.
