An assistant chief in Kuria West Sub County suspected to have murdered a man in a love triangle has been arrested.
He was arrested last evening according to Kuria West Sub County commissioner Cornelius Wamalwa.
Wamalwa said the administrator was arrested at Mabera as he was planning to escape justice by fleeing to Tanzania.
Anthony Chacha, the Nyamanche Sub Location administrator murdered Obadiah Chacha when he confronted him over claims of infidelity.
The two were on a drinking spree last Sunday at a chang’aa den when the administrator stabbed Obadiah twice in the stomach over infidelity claims.
Wamalwa said that he was arrested after trailing him for several days and will face murder charges in court.
The deceased’s brother, Daniel Kerario, said his brother has confronted the assistant chief over an affair he was having with his wife.
The deceased brother who is also an administration police at Sigot police station, Kisumu County said his brother was stabbed twice in the stomach and was rushed to Kegonga health centre bleeding profusely before he was referred to Migori Level Four Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment.
The body of the deceased is at the Migori Level Four Hospital Mortuary waiting for a post mortem examination.