After 'going through hell,' Mike Sonko secures freedom

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko when he was escorted by police officers after his arrest, at the Wilson airport in Nairobi, Kenya December 6, 2019. [File, Standard]

"First of all, I want to thank God," former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko said. "We've gone through hell... We thank God, I don't know where to begin."

Of course, Sonko knew where to begin and it didn't take much prodding to recall his "dramatic" arrest in Voi, where he said some 100 policemen descended from the skies and took him away. The latter fact, Sonko went on, was a disproportionate deployment of force against one citizen, especially at a time when the nation was under a terror threat.