No, this photo does not show firearms found in the house of a Kenyan governor
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- Published on November 19, 2018 at 09:56
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- By Mary KULUNDU
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The post dated November 14, 2018, appeared after police raided the governor’s two homes, recovered several guns and arrested him.
The governor, Zachary Okoth Obado, represents Migori county in the western Nyanza region and is currently facing trial for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend.
The photo shared on two Facebook pages with a total of more than 800,000 members, displayed sniper guns and other rifles purportedly recovered from Obado’s homes.
A caption accompanying the image on the misleading post read: “These are the WEAPONS which were found in the homes of Governor Okoth Obado at Migori and Nairobi. Is this guy a CROCODILE, sorry a terrorist?”
According to a reverse image search on Google and Yandex search engines, the picture was first taken when NYPD raided the home of Ronald G. Drabman, 60, who was found in illegal possession of the firearms.
NYPD tweeted the picture in question after the raid in April 2018.
On November 15, 2018, Kenya's director of public prosecution confirmed that Obado was being held for possessing three firearms and ammunition without valid certificates.
Obado denied the charges when he appeared in court the same day.
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