Azimio leader Raila Odinga has filed a formal complaint with the police over alleged attempts on his life during anti-government protests in Nairobi’s pipeline area.
Through his lawyer, Jackson Awele, Odinga claimed that during the procession towards Outering Road, the police disrupted a peaceful demonstration by indiscriminately lobbing teargas canisters, firing live ammunition and spraying pink-dyed water at his convoy, which provoked violent reactions from his supporters.
Awele argued that police ought to have provided and/or facilitated their safe passage and ensured order as by law required other than disrupt the protest.
Odinga’s legal team further argued that police officers approached their client’s vehicle and persistently fired approximately 10 rounds of live ammunition at it, indicating that their client was the actual target.
“A subsequent examination of our client’s vehicle in the aftermath of the attack shows that the vehicle was skillfully targeted with our client as the actual target,” Awele said.
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