Criminal lawyer Cliff Ombeta has torn into Vijay Goswami, Indian druglord who testified against Mombasa drug barons Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha before New York judge Victor Marrerro.
Speaking on Sunday, Ombeta who initially represented all the three claimed the Goswami is equally a criminal.
This is after Goswami took sides with the prosecution and revealed how the two brothers dealt in drugs and engaged in other crimes, including Baktash killing his former wife.
He revealed that Goswami was actually in the Akasha's house during the January 26, 2017 raid, but managed to escape by scaling the perimeter wall.
He further revealed that the he had also entered Kenya illegally using a forged Indian passport in 2012 after serving a jailterm in United Arab Emirates.
This, according to Ombeta, casts questions into his credibility as a witness in such a high profile case that landed Baktash 25 years imprisonment on Friday.
He said that after escaping from the home in Nyali, the witness went to his hideout, before he was given away by an Italian informant.
He termed Goswami an opportunist who might have struck the deal with the Americans for personal benefits.
“It was a self-serving deal because he is a survivor. He is sweetening the tale to please the Americans for some benefit," he said.
“Goswami is not a saint-like Ceaser’s wife. He has been jailed before,” said the popular lawyer.
According to Ombeta, Goswami is also being sought in Zambia, South Africa and Mozambique, even as he (Obeta) admitted that the two might have been guilty.
Ibrahim is set to be sentenced in November, after also pleading guilty to the charges.