Oga Obinna: We slept at Wamunyoro after interview raised security alarms
Media personality Steve Tomphson Maghana, widely known as Oga Obinna, has opened up about how he and his entire media crew ended up spending the night at former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s Wamunyoro home out of fear for their safety, shortly after carrying out a hard-hitting interview with him on the night of Friday, May 16, 2025.
Speaking in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel on the night of Sunday, May 18, 2025, Obinna shared that not only was he personally shaken, but his whole team were deeply uneasy, worried that individuals who are against Gachagua might come after them.
He said this was because of how far the interview had pushed the limits, so they all agreed it felt safer to just stay there instead of risking the trip back to Nairobi late at night, when things usually feel more unpredictable.
“My people and I were genuinely terrified after that interview, so we said, ‘You know what, guys, let us just crash here for the night and hit the road in the morning,’” he said.
However, Obinna mentioned that even spending the night there did not calm their nerves much, as the fear followed them into the next day during the journey back, and the whole crew remained tense and on edge.
He explained that every single time they came across a police checkpoint on the highway, they became paranoid, convinced that they were being monitored or followed by someone.
He went on to say that at one particularly intense moment, he actually told his team to start filming immediately, just in case something went wrong and they needed proof, because they were almost sure they were about to be picked up by the authorities at one of the roadblocks.
“The drive from Wamunyoro was so long that honestly travelling at night was not even an option— everyone was extremely anxious, so we just said, ‘Let us sleep here tonight and head out in the morning.’ But then as we were driving during the day, we came across a police checkpoint, and I literally froze. I started asking myself what was about to go down, and I told my people, ‘Pick up the camera and start filming,’” he added.
Still, he later explained that they came to the realisation that they had simply been overthinking everything, as nothing bad actually happened on the way, and every single one of them made it to their destination safe and sound.
He also mentioned that despite what they had imagined or feared, no powerful figure had reached out to intimidate or attack them over the viral interview, in which Gachagua strongly criticised President Ruto and his whole administration.
“I was definitely scared a bit, but as you all saw, I did not say anything—I was simply doing my job. But we arrived safely. No one has come out to attack us or throw any negativity our way,” he shared.
Elusive interview
Obinna also shared more about how he managed to lock down the interview, revealing that it had been quite a tough one to secure since he had been trying to get the former Mathira Member of Parliament on board for several days with no success.
He dismissed rumours that bribes were involved in making the interview happen, saying nothing like that ever took place and that it was simply a matter of perfect timing— Gachagua happened to be free and in the mood to talk when they finally reached out.
“Oh, people actually get bribed to do interviews? I have never heard of that. This one was one hundred percent clean. Personally, I had been chasing Riggy G for a while, and we were actually supposed to do an interview a long time ago and even had plans to drop a poster— but then it was called off,” he explained.
He added that this particular interview only came to life after several previous attempts fell flat, and that even this time, he was not sure it would actually take place, especially because many interviews they had hyped before had fallen through. Because of that, he said, he even told his team not to rush to post anything online, in case this one ended up falling apart too.
“So we shared the poster once they confirmed, but then they postponed— they postponed it like four times. For this one, I told my team, ‘Do not post anything until we physically get to Wamunyoro, until we arrive there in person.’ Even as we were heading there, I was not entirely sure it would happen, and even when we met him, I thought to myself, ‘This one right here is going to be something special— one for the books.’”
