Petition filed to have detained Aroko presented in court 'dead or alive'

Philip Nahashon Aroko's lawyer Danstan Omari addresses the media outside Gigiri Police Station, moments after surrendering to the station following a directive from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

After spending more than 12 hours in police custody without being presented in court, lawyers representing businessman Philip Nahashon Aroko have filed an urgent petition demanding that he be produced in court, either "alive or dead."

Aroko, who, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said is a person of interest in the ongoing investigations into the death of Kasipul MP Charles Ong'ondo Were, was detained on Wednesday night after presenting himself at Gigiri Police Station.