An autopsy report of X influencer Albert Ojwang' has exposed the lies told by authorities about the circumstances that led to his death in police custody, raising questions of a possible cover-up.
The finding that the late Ojwang was tortured and strangled, and a pathologist's explanation that it was "unlikely" that his injuries were self-inflicted contradicted initial police reports, which have been as inconsistent as they come. "There were multiple soft tissue injuries spread all over the body and the trunk and lower limbs… these were injuries that were externally inflicted," Bernard Midia, the lead pathologist, told journalists at the Nairobi Funeral Home (City Mortuary). Ojwang' was arrested at their home in Kakoth Village, Kokwanyo Location, Kabondo Kasipul Constituency, on Saturday at around 1.30 pm by men who came by motorbike and identified themselves as police officers. "They introduced themselves as police officers from different stations.
One of them identified himself as Sigei.
They ordered my son to put down his plate, saying he was under arrest, and then handcuffed him. "They claimed my son had insulted their boss on X (formerly Twitter).
