Barrack Otieno Odour, a bodyguard, attached to Ida Odinga, was allegedly shot dead at around 3:30 am on Friday, October 14, after confronting a club manager.
According to preliminary reports, Odour had accompanied a female companion to a popular estate in Kisumu West Sub-County.
At the estate, Odour met the club manager before an altercation ensued, prompting the club manager to disarm the bodyguard shooting him thrice – two times on the head and one time in the leg.
Ida’s bodyguard died on the spot, and his body was taken to a local mortuary pending autopsy.
Detectives investigating the case, however, did not disclose the cause of the wrangle between the two.
The lady and another unidentified person who was with Odour sustained gunshot injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital for admission and assessment.
Oduor and his friends had allegedly spent time at a local club in Kisumu on Thursday, October 13, before leaving at around 3:00 a.m.
Nyanza regional police boss Karanja Muiruri confirmed the incident stating that the club manager who allegedly pulled the trigger was still at large.
The fugitive was also reported to have vanished with the deceased firearm.
Ida was reportedly not at her Kisumu home during the incident. She had also not yet issued a statement by the time of this publication.
“Yes, we have information of his demise, but we do not have further information as at now,” Dennis Onyango, Raila Odinga’s spokesperson, told Nation Africa.
Source: kENYANS.CO.KE
