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Drama as Wanjigi thwarts arrest bid by armed police

Jimi Wanjigi's lawyer Willis Otieno removes an unstamped court order from the businessman's car at the Museum Hill overpass yesterday. [George Njunge, Standard]

Businessman Jimi Wanjigi yesterday foiled an attempt by a dozen police officers to arrest him in Nairobi when he locked himself in his bullet-proof car.

The officers had blocked Wanjigi's Toyota Land Cruiser V8 near Museum Hill after he declined to get out, demanding to know the reason for his arrest.

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