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Questions mount over Maverick Aoko disappearance amid security fears

Maverick Aoko. (Courtesy)

Blogger and scribe Scophine Aoko Otieno, widely known as Maverick Aoko has been missing for a number of days and her disappearance is causing jitters in all quarters. Netizens have been raising alarm, with more social media personalities continuing to put pressure on the government to produce her. The hashtag #FreeAoko has garnered over 300 million impressions on X alone where she commands over 3321,000 followers, with TikTok also raking in numbers under the same tag.

Having been a guest of the State a while back and a number of occasions has seen her brush, former Standard journalist Scophine Aoko Otieno, popularly known as Maverick Aoko, has been missing in action especially online where she has a big audience.

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