DCI SEEKS 14-DAY DETENTION FOR FIVE OFFICERS IN GIGIRI POLICE STATION ESCAPE CASE
The DCI has filed an application to detain five police officers arrested at Gigiri police station for allegedly aiding suspected serial killer Collins Jumaisi and 12 others to escape from custody at the station.
The officers include Corporal Ronald Babo, police constables Gerald Mutuku and Evans Kipkirui.
At the time of the suspects’ escape on the night of August 20, Babo was the duty officer at the station while Mutuku and Kipkirui were in charge of the report office and cells respectively.
Others are police constables Mollent Achieng and Zachary Nyabuto, who were working as the station guards on the night when the suspects escaped in the incident suspected to be an inside job.
All of them were arrested at the police station and detained following the dawn jailbreak when the police reported that the inmates escaped after cutting a wire to free themselves from the cells.
Jumaisi escaped together with 12 Eritreans who had been detained for being unlawfully in Kenya.
Through a miscellaneous application, Benedict Kaulu of Gigiri DCI offices seeks orders for the detention of the five officers at Spring Valley, Runda, and Parklands police stations for 14 days to aid in investigations.
IP Kaulu says that he is investigating a case of aiding escape contrary to section 124 of the Penal Code reported under OB No. 5/20/08/2024 and OB No. 7/20/08/2024.
The investigations are meant to establish whether the police officers had a hand in the escape of the prisoners.
“There are accomplices who are still at large. The respondents, the five police officers in custody have indicated their willingness to lead to their arrest which will be defeated should the respondents be released at the moment,” said Kaulu.
He asked Principal Magistrate of Milimani law courts, Martha Nanzushi, to allow him more time to record statements from over five eye witnesses. The detective revealed that the mobile phone of the suspected and the CCTV at the station have been forwarded to the Cybercrime Unit at the DCI headquarters for analysis at the forensic laboratory.
The ruling on the number of days the suspects will spend in custody will be made by Nanzushi on Wednesday. Pending the ruling, the officers will continue being held in cells at the station.
