Albert Ojwang: Blogger's Father Makes Passionate Appeal to Ruto after Autopsy: "Help Me as Taxpayer"
- Meshack Opiyo wants President William Ruto to use his capacity and help him get justice for his deceased child
- Opiyo's son, Albert Ojwang, died shortly after being booked into the Central Police Station in Nairobi after being arrested in Homa Bay
- The distraught father said his low stature might work against the pursuit of justice for his son, calling on the president to intervene
Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Deceased blogger Albert Ojwang's father has turned to President William Ruto as he endures the tragic loss of his only child.
Source: Twitter
Ojwang died while in Nairobi on Sunday, June 8, while in police custody, less than 24 hours after his arrest in Homa Bay.
The results after the autopsy conducted on the body on Tuesday, June 10, showed the 31-year-old was assaulted by his handlers at the Central Police Station, Nairobi.
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His father, Meshack Opiyo, said the autopsy findings were enough to point to murder.
This was after the police initially indicated that Ojwang had fatally injured himself after hitting his head on the wall.
Why Albert Ojwang's father pleaded with Ruto
A distraught Opiyo suggested that, owing to his low stature in society, he might not get justice on behalf of his deceased child.
He said the police developed the resolve to harm his son after observing that he came from a humble background.
"To our beloved president, William Ruto, help me as a taxpayer, and focus on justice for the poor. The officers captured photos of my home before leaving with my son, and they saw that I am poor and I cannot defend myself; hence, they can do anything to my child. That is a curse," said Opiyo.
What Albert Ojwang told DIG Lagat
Meanwhile, Opiyo was convinced that his only child had been killed by the police officers who handled him while in custody.
Ojwang had been apprehended in his rural home in connection with defamatory posts he allegedly published online against Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat.
With the findings of the postmortem, Ojwang's father concluded his son was murdered and that the DIG could be knowing a thing or two, having been the plaintiff behind the ill-fated arrest.
Speaking to the press outside the City Mortuary after the autopsy, Opiyo unequivocally questioned Lagat on what warranted the tragic atrocity on his child.
Was Albert Ojwang innocent?
On whether Ojwang defamed the DIG, who is in charge of the Kenya Police Service (KPS), Opiyo wondered why his child was the only target and sacrificial figure when many other Kenyans had stood up to speak against maladministration on the side of the state officers.
He said Ojwang's death had robbed him of his only hope, having toiled in the quarries at the coast to educate him to the tertiary level.
A visibly jaded Opiyo posed tough questions to the DIG, whom he feels has a hand in the untimely death of his son.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
