KEY POINTS
- Lugari MP Ayub Savula is under investigation for allegedly abusing passengers on board during a flight from Kisumu to Nairobi.
- Savula is also accused of physically insulting singer Bahati who was also on the same flight for allegedly trying to take his videos and photographs.
- She said Savula bragged that even if he was arrested for his behavior, he would still be bailed out.
Lugari MP Ayub Savula is under investigation for allegedly abusing passengers on board during a flight from Kisumu to Nairobi.
The MP was on Sunday night locked at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport police station after landing in Nairobi following a complaint by one of the passengers that he abused her.
Savula is also accused of physically insulting singer Bahati who was also on the same flight for allegedly trying to take his videos and photographs.
The passenger, Dorothy Oliech said the lawmaker was sheepishly winking at her together with a passenger who was seated next to her promoting her to warn him against the behavior.
“The onset of all this is, he was winking to a lady seated next to me and me…… This behavior was totally unacceptable to us and he was requested to stop, after which he started abusing me, my mother, and my father,” said Oliech in a post.
Oliech added that the MP threatened to shoot her and claimed nothing would happen to him for he was rich.
She said Savula bragged that even if he was arrested for his behavior, he would still be bailed out.
The MP allegedly said all this after the complainant told him inappropriate for him to punch Bahati.
Bahati could not however be reached by a local publication to answer to the claims made by Oliech.
”I am deeply hurt as a woman, a mother of two daughters, a daughter, sister, aunt, and as the CEO of a modeling agency which works with a lot of young women. I can only imagine what my fellow women and young girls go through in their day to day activities,” Oliech said.
The MP however denied the claims that he had winked at the women. He argued that he had stated at the front seat and it was impossible for him to wink to the women.
Savula added that other passengers in the flight who witnessed the drama can testify against Oliech.
“How could I have winked at them when I was seated right in front of them? My eyes are not on my rear head and their claims are malicious and full of lies,” he said.
“Those are lies and she will pay for it. I am a respected MP in this country,” he added.
Police at the airport reportedly confirmed that there was a complaint against the MP and a probe into the matter is ongoing.
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