Jimmy Wanjigi, the billionaire businessman believed to have
financed Raila Odinga’s presidential campaigns ahead of the Tuesday, August 8,
election, claims his life is in danger.
He filed a report at the Gigiri Police Station on Sunday,
September 10, following a visit from a senior State House official who visited
him at home to warn him of a “real and imminent threat to his life”.
According to Wanjigi, for the past one month, strange people
and vehicles have been trailing him day and night, and is therefore seeking
police protection at his own cost.
“This is to bring to attention the above subject your urgent
intervention and further necessary action by providing our client with adequate
police security at his cost before any harm is visited on him. He believes the
reason why his life is in danger is bcause of his close association with the
National Super Alliance leaders,” wrote his lawyers to the Inspector
General of Police, Joseph Boinnet.
The Standard on Friday, September 15, reported that anjigi
believes there is already a plot in place to turnish his name, and it all begun
with the publication of ‘fake articles’ about him in a local daily just before
Kenyans headed to the ballot.
“These articles were calculated to give room to those
plotting against me. There is a larger scheme to harm me, a real and persistent
threat against my life,” added Wanjigi.
Wanjigi wrote to Bionnet for police protection after a
senior State House official warned him of threats against his life. Photo:
PSCU.
The matter is now under investigation as police await for
word from Boinnet on Wanjigi’s request for police protection.
