On Monday, Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino was handed a reprieve after an assault case against him was withdrawn by his accuser at a Kibera law Court.

The Assault case was withdrawn after the Complainant Joshua Otieno Obiende, told court that God had directed him to forgive Babu Owino.

“I am here to state that I have decided to forgive my brother Babu Owino. Whatever happened is now history. I have not been coerced. I have done this in the spirit of brotherhood. God directed me to forgive and if God forgives, who cannot forgive,” Obiende  aid appearing before Chief magistrate Joyce Gandani.

Obiende who was an aspirant in last year’s general election via Amani National Congress (ANC) Party, added that he did not want any kind of compensation from Babu, as God will Pay him.

Obiende had accused the youthful MP of assaulting him at Soweto polling station on August 8, 2017, but Babu denied the accusations.

The legislator, welcomed the forgiveness, telling the Court that he was happy that the complainant had opted for reconciliation.

“Thank you brother for this gesture,”  said Babu Owino. An affidavit was filed in court to seal the reconciliation.

On March 22, another Assault case Against Babu was also dropped.

The MP and his Bodyguard Fanuel Owino had been accused of assaulting a parking attendant at Fortis Towers in Westlands, Nairobi, on January 11.