FLASHY ‘BUSINESSMAN’ IN COURT OVER THREATS TO KILL GUARD.

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Kevin Obia before Milimani Senior Magistrate Peter Ooko where he denied the charge of threatening to kill a security guard.PHOTO BY S.A.N.

BY NT CORRESPONDENT.

A flamboyant ‘businessman’ has been charged before a Nairobi court with threatening to kill a security guard.

Kevin Obia appeared before Milimani Senior Magistrate Peter Ooko where he denied the charge of threatening to kill levelled a giant him by the state.

He is accused that on March 16,this year at Vue Claire Place along Siaya road in Kileleshwa armed with pistol without lawful excuse threatened to kill security guard Yohana Imbwaka.

Prosecution said that Obia on the same day this Month in Kileleshwa while carrying a firearm make Sig Saucer became disorderly by removing the firearm pointing it to Yohana Imbwaka a security guard at the said place.

It is alleged that on Saturday 16 this month Yohana who is security guard with Rapid security was threatened by the said businessman.

Obia was arrested on Monday, March 18 after the CCTV video went viral showing him brandishing the gun to the said security guard.

The CCTV footage shows him in company of three unknown men who exchange heated verbal exchange with the security guard.

One of them throws a bottle to the security guard before the accused brandished his gun. The police have already confiscated the gun.

His lawyer, asked the court to grant him reasonable cash bail saying that the accused has been very cooperative with the investigators.

The court heard that Obia had been released with a police cash bail of sh 10,000.

However, the magistrate ordered the accused to be released on a cash bail of 500,000 and a bond of Sh 1 million.

The case will be heard on April 30 and mentioned on April 4.

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