Migori Governor Okoth Obado was finally released from detention on Thursday evening, after 34 days in remand.
The Governor who has been implicated in the killing of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno gained freedom on Wednesday 24, October after Justice Jessie Lesiit released him on bail.
And at around 6 pm, he finally walked out of the Industrial Area Prison gates, more than a day after the court freed him.
However, it did not come without challenges, especially for the prison warders who had a tough job containing his supporters.
Obado's supporters are believed to have travelled to the city from Migori from as early as Monday to witness his release.
They spent the better part of the day outside the facility awaiting Obado's legal team to arrive with his release orders.
The situation would at some point turn chaotic after the warders were forced to forcefully disperse them as they blocked the entrance to the facility.
Upon his release ultimately, Obado, however, did not address the crowd as was expected.
His lawyers who could not facilitate his release on Wednesday after an issue erupted with one of his sureties blamed the further delay on the Deputy Registrar at the Milimani Law Courts.
“We have all sureties ready but the deputy registrar who is supposed to sign the release order has just come and now we are waiting, hoping to get the order and dash to the Industrial Area Prison,” one of the lawyers told the Standard.
Obado was released on an Sh5 million bail and two sureties of a similar amount and has since deposited the money and two vehicles in line with the order.
He was arrested on September 21 and has been in detention alongside his aides Caspal Obiero and Michael Oyamo who are also facing similar charges.
The trio has denied the charges.