By Augustine Ehikioya
For allegedly murdering three men in July, Kenyan Police officers have arrested one Robert Mganga at Ambuja Court, in Tassia’s Fedha Estate.
After committing the crime, he was said to have gone into hiding before he was fished out at the weekend.
A press statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and made available on Sunday to Security Watch Africa (SWA), said “The prime suspect behind the gruesome murders of three men in Kilifi’s Junju B village, that occurred on July, 7 this year, has been arrested.
“Robert Mganga who went into hiding immediately after the incident, was flushed out of his hideout at Ambuja Court, in Tassia’s Fedha Estate.”
Giving details of how the crime was committed, the statement said “Mganga, is believed to have masterminded the attack on Kilifi businessman and farmer Sidik Anverali Mohammed Sidik, 46, James Kazungu Kafani, a land agent who was in his late fifties and another unidentified man of Indian origin believed to be Sidik’s driver, before setting ablaze their vehicle, a white Toyota Fielder.”
“The lifeless bodies of the three that had deep cuts on the heads appeared to have been dragged on the ground for a distance, before they were left sprawled by the roadside near Junju Secondary School.
“The horrifying scene was processed by Crime Scene detectives immediately after the murder, with the forensic evidence gathered and analyzed at DCI’s Forensic Lab pointing at Mganga as the key suspect.”
The statement added “In a sting operation mounted by Special Service Unit (SSU) detectives, Mganga was finally cornered yesterday at around 10:30am. He had previously escaped a Police dragnet prompting the DCI to unleash the elite Special Service Unit for his manhunt.
“The cold blooded murders of the three had left more questions than answers in the in minds of their kin, with some of Kazungu’s family members alleging that their kin was murdered by people well known to him.
“It is believed that the three were on a land buying mission in the area and had toured a piece of land that Sidik intended to buy, before they were attacked by a machete wielding mob that butchered them to death.”
It further disclosed that eyewitnesses said Kazungu had pleaded with the attackers in their local Giriama dialect begging them to spare their lives, “but the assailants who were determined to eliminate them would hear none of his pleas.”
Following the arrest, the statement said Mganga will assist detectives in unraveling the murder mystery and revealing the rest of his accomplices to face justice.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has also reassured the families of the deceased that no stone will be left unturned in the investigation of the murders.