Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has been acquitted in the Felix Orinda popularly known as DJ Evolve shooting case.
Ruling on the matter, Milimani senior principal magistrate Bernard Ochoi stated that the prosecution failed to prove the allegations.
He had been charged with misuse of a firearm and behaving disorderly.
“Yes, it is true. He has been acquitted of charges laid against him,” his lawyer Duncan Okatch said.
Babu Owino received a breakthrough after DJ Evolve under oath testified that he did not see the parliamentarian at the time he was shot at.
While admitting to the court that he was shot in January 2020, Evolve confessed that he never saw who shot him or the firearm that was used.
“I was injured by a bullet but I don’t know from which gun. I just found myself in a vehicle to hospital,” he told the court insisting the testimony was being made voluntarily.
“I came to find out that Babu Owino was supporting me and as a friend I expected my friends to look after me.”
