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Police leave Jimi Wanjigi’s home in Muthaiga after two-day siege

Police officers at Jimi Wanjigi's home in Muthaiga

Police on Wednesday morning left Jimi Wanjigi’s home after a siege that began on Monday at midday. NASA leader Raila Odinga spend the night at Wanjigi’s home in Muthaiga after police refused to leave the premise on Tuesday night despite a High Court order restraining them from the home.

Police had laid a siege on the Nairobi home of Wanjigi as they sought to arrest him over the discovery and seizure of five rifles and 93 bullets from a villa in Malindi.

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