High court was this afternoon forced to release Nairobi county Secretary Peter Kariuki after police denied arresting him under a warrant of arrest.
Kariuki told the Court that he was never arrested by the police.He told Justice Chacha Mwita he presented himself before the central police station.
Further he said that he was presented before the court by two police officers who later dismissed the allegations.
According to one Court orderlies said that he found Kariuki at the Milimani Law Court cells and escorted him before Mwita.
The police officer said that he did not know about Kariuki’s case.
“I do not know who brought Kariuki to Court,i just found him at the cells,” Court heard.
Judge chacha mwita efforts to know who had arrested Kariuki were futile with lawyers inthe matter giving out conflicting accounts .
“There’s no one in court or evidence to show that Kariuki was arrested,I hereby release him unconditionally,” directed Mwita.
Mr Kariuki was allegedly arrested for failing to obey court orders that the Nairobi county pay Proland Limited for services it offered to the county several years ago.
The warrant was issued in December last year by Justice George Odunga.
Sources indicate flysquad officers were seeking to arrest Kariuki since Wednesday last week before he surrendered to central police station.
