{
  "id": 6715111,
  "title": "City lawyer arrested after threatening to jump from eighth floor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/city-lawyer-arrested-after-threatening-to-jump-from-eighth-floor",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T04:51:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital FM Kenya",
    "slug": "capital-fm-kenya",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/city-lawyer-arrested-after-threatening-to-jump-from-eighth-floor/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nairobi, Kenya – A city lawyer named Benard Odero Okello is in police custody following allegations of threatening to jump from his office building to avoid arrest. Okello, who works at Benard Odero & Company Advocates, was apprehended at The Westery building in Westlands after failing to appear in court. According to prosecutors, Okello allegedly resisted arrest and bit two officers who were attempting to handcuff him. He is currently facing additional charges of resisting arrest and assaulting police officers, in addition to the charges of forgery. The arrest stems from a dispute over documents in a Sh150 million fee dispute case in the Employment and Labour Relations Court. The three officials from the Kenya County Government Workers Union, Nairobi Branch, claim they did not sign or execute an agreement that Okello presented to the court, which would allow him to receive Sh150 million upon the completion of a case he claimed he represented them in. Forensic documents examined by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) found that the signatures on the disputed documents did not match those of the complainants. The ODPP charged Okello on September 2, 2026, with forgery and uttering a false document, after he failed to attend a summons to appear at Parklands Police Station.",
  "summary": "Bernard Okello was arrested after he allegedly threatened to jump from the eighth floor of his Westlands office to evade police.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}