Leslie Muturi, the son of Attorney General Justin Muturi, was freed on Sunday night, some hours after he was purportedly arrested.
Leslie, 40, was allegedly moved to the ATPU offices in Upper Hill, where he was held and interrogated for hours, according to officials.
According to a family representative, Leslie was freed about 6:30 p.m.
This came after word of his release had reached his family.
On the evening of Saturday, June 22, Embakasi West MP Mark Mwenje revealed the occurrence while standing behind the four-wheel drive car that Leslie was purportedly driving at the time of his said kidnapping.
According to reports, he had been at a prominent club on Dennis Pritt before driving out in the car that was blocking the road a few meters ahead.
He was thrown out and thrown into another car, which took off immediately.
The incident’s reason remained still a mystery.
Leslie, whom Mwenje referred to as his friend, was allegedly pulled out of his car by police on the side of the road, according to a video that went viral online on Saturday evening.
Mwenje stated that when the purported police stopped Leslie’s car and took him away in a Land Cruiser, they were driving separate cars in Nairobi’s Kilimani area with their other friends.
“We were in Kilimani, my friend Leslie Muturi, son to AG Justin Muturi was just arrested by the police here on the road. I was the one following him, this is his car,” the MP stated on the footage.
The blue SUV had its doors and boot wrenched open on the side of the road.
“To the police who have taken him, we will find you. Release him right now, we will not sleep until we find him. We have informed everyone in Nairobi,” he said in the video.
“The cops are telling us they do not know where he is yet the guys who have taken him are cops. We saw you in a white hardtop Land Cruiser, dressed in black combat. We saw you and have your plates.”
Police had earlier declared they were looking into the claims.
