Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino has publicly distanced himself from controversial blogger Maverick Aoko following her recent attacks on Mama Ida Odinga.
Taking to his official social media accounts on Monday, December 15, Babu Owino clarified that although Aoko is his friend, he doesn’t influence what she posts.
According to Babu Owino, Aoko has always made people to form an opinion that he is the one who tells her what she posts on X (formerly Twitter).
The lawmaker has insisted that he doesn’t know Aoko’s sources, and that he has never told her to attack the Odinga family.
“Maverick Aoko is my friend and my fierce supporter of which I’m truly grateful and appreciative of. Often times when she posts on X, people are under the impression that I am the one who tells her what to post. Maverick is an independent minded person. I do not know her sources and have never told her to attack the Odinga Family,” Babu Owino stated.
The youthful lawmaker who has since declared his interest for the Nairobi gubernatorial seat went ahead to question how could he attack Mama Ida when her daughter Winnie Odinga, and her son Raila Junior, are his close friends.
He argued that Ida has been good to him and that he cannot dare attack her.
“Winnie Odinga is my friend, Junior is my Friend and Rosemary is my friend too, how can I insult their only Mother? Mama Ida loves me like her own son, welcomes me home and gives me food whenever I visit her, I can never insult such a mum.She’s been good to me and I love her,” he stated.
Over the past few days, Aoko has launched a scathing attack against Ida Odinga, who she has accused of being evil.
However, Ida Odinga has not publicly responded to Aoko’s allegations.
