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Businessman Paul Kobia admitted at Aga Khan after saying he killed Fidel Odinga

Businessman Paul Kobia admitted at Aga Khan after saying he killed Fidel Odinga

Controversial businessman Paul Kobia has been admitted at Aga Khan hospital after running amok. Police say his family took him to Gigiri police station after he became violent at his Runda home. Sources say he kept saying ‘I killed Fidel’, claims police have dismissed.

Acting Inspector General of Police Samuel Arachi dismissed media reports claiming Kobia had been arrested. “Mr Paul Kobia was taken to Gigiri Police station by his family who wanted to be assisted in having him restrained and escorted to a psychiatrist after he started shouting incoherently and acting violently,” Arachi said in a statement.

Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko said Paul Kobia had claimed knowing how Fidel Odinga died.

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“He was arrested after he kept shouting my name and he claimed to know how Fidel Odinga died. Let him let Fidel rest in peace. We have handed him to the police who say he has a mental problem,” said Sonko.

Fidel died on Sunday morning at his Karen home. Pathologists are yet to release the cause of death.

Paul Kobia last year threatened Cord leader Raila Odinga and told him to respect President Uhuru Kenyatta’s reign.

The businessman with interests in gold is a licensed firearm holder who once attacked a business partner.

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Witnesses said they saw police in plain clothes pounce on Paul Kobia before they bundled him into a waiting car and drove off. Police spokeswoman Ziporah Mboroki said they suspect Paul Kobia had “run mad” and had to be taken to hospital for check-up. “He was taken to the police station before being moved to hospital because we think he has run mad,” said Mboroki.
Paul Kobia has been moving in the city in a convoy of vehicles with some fitted with sirens. Officials said they are also investigating how he owns a gun. This was after his gun was confiscated when he was involved in a shooting incident along Limuru Road, Nairobi over an alleged robbery attempt in October 2014.
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