Supreme Court Judge Mohammed Ibrahim has survived a major scare in his career after a security guard agreed to drop a case against him in which he was accused of threatening to shoot him.
Ronald Ayiera Nyoro filed a complaint in March where he claimed that the judge threatened him at his Spring Valley home where he happened to be guarding at that time.
“I wish to indicate that I have withdrawn the above matter which was reported at Spring Valley Police Station and later forwarded to the DCIO Gigil division (Westlands Constituency),” Ayiera said in a statement.
A statement by the judge's lawyers, Kilonzo and Associates, said that the matter was now 'fully settled'.
The statement, signed by Lawyer Wambua Kilonzo said that Ayiera, through his lawyer, approached the judge and told him that he had 'voluntarily' withdrawn the case.
His lawyer said that Justice Ibrahim accompanied Ayiera to Gigiri Police Station where he 'voluntarily' withdrew the complaint against him in the presence of the DCIO Gigiri Police Station.
"The judge had no objection to the withdrawal of the complaint and he recorded no objection before the DCIO," said the statement signed by Lawyer Wambua Kilonzo.
Had the case proceeded, Ibrahim would have been subjected to the Judicial Service Commission for grilling and a possible formation of a tribunal to investigate him.
Last week, his colleague Jackton Ojwang' was suspended and will face a tribunal to defend himself against cases of misconduct and bribery.
He is accused of ruling a case in favour of Migori Governor Okoth Obado in return of bribes.
In 2012, Justice Nancy Barasa, the then Deputy Chief Justice, was sacked from the Judiciary after it emerged that she pinched the nose of a guard in a supermarket.