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  • Detectives Nab Key Suspect In Mombasa Blogger’s Sodomy Case While Trying To Flee The Country

    Detectives Nab Key Suspect In Mombasa Blogger’s Sodomy Case While Trying To Flee The Country

    A man who police describe as a main suspect in the September 12 abduction and subsequent sexual harassment of blogger Bruce John Khajira aka Chawa – 001 was arrested at the Lunga Lunga border while trying to flee to Tanzania.

    Detectives said the suspect Omar Ali Mohamed known by his moniker as Nyanya has been on the run for months.

    His arrest Thursday was a culmination of days and nights of vigilance by duty-bound detectives working jointly with the Immigration Department, who were privy to the plans by the masterminds to sneak out of the country all those implicated in the perversion.

    In the painstaking investigation conducted by a select team of detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Nyanya was forensically placed at both the primary and secondary scenes of the incident.

    This was besides being in constant communication with other known perpetrators before, during and after the incident.

    Notably, detectives identified the motor vehicle as make Nissan Note grey in colour, in which the victim was bundled from his house to the scene.

    The vehicle had been hired by Nyanya on August 20, 2024, and returned on September 12 in the evening after the fiendish gang completed their hellish mission.

    The car has since been intercepted and detained.

    Crime researchers were also able to forensically place the said car at the primary scene (where the victim was sexually assaulted) at a County Government of Mombasa construction site within the Bonje Area for about two hours, before revving to Mwakirunge area where the victim was dumped.

    Several accomplices have since been identified and are holing up in various parts of the country. The DCI calls upon them to surrender at any police station or DCI offices.

    Four people have already been charged with abduction, gang rape and assault of the blogger.

    They are Esther Muthoni John, alias Totoo, and Violet Adera, alias Vayoo, Abdul Hassan Athman, alias Sindimba, and Haji Babu Ndau Mohamed, alias Achkobe or Jay.

    Mombasa County Lands Executive Hussein Mohamed was granted a Sh1 million anticipatory bond with strict conditions over the issue.

    This is as he waits to know whether he will be charged over the matter or not.

    The court was informed that the DCI had completed its investigation into Hussein’s alleged role in cyber-harassment linked to the abduction and gang rape of the blogger and has forwarded the file to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for review and further action.

    Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir has also provided a statement to the police regarding the heinous matter.

  • Abdulswamad, Mother Accused Of Blogger’s Rape

    Abdulswamad, Mother Accused Of Blogger’s Rape

    Mombasa governor Abdulswamad Nassir, alongside his mother and several top county officials, faces possible arrest over allegations of facilitating the gang rape of a local blogger.

    This follows claims made by the blogger Bruce John alias “Chawa 001” who accused individuals connected to the governor of abducting and assaulting him.

    In a sworn affidavit presented to Shanzu Resident Magistrate Robert Mbogo, Police Corporal Irene Karuga of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detailed the ongoing investigation.

    From left Haji Babu Ndau Mohammed, Abdul Hassan,Esther Muthoni alias Totoos, Violet Adera alias Vyaoo before the Shanzu law court the suspects are facing several charges among them abduction, gang rape, conspiracy to commit a felony and assault.

    According to Karuga, efforts to apprehend additional suspects are underway, including Nassir, his mother, and other senior high-ranking county officials.
    Karuga told the court that her investigation involves serious criminal offences, including abduction (contrary to Section 259 of the Penal Code), gang rape, and conspiracy to commit a felony. The crimes, she alleges, are among other offences allegedly facilitated by the county boss and his associates.

    “The complaint was filed by an online blogger known for his critical posts on Mombasa County politics. He alleges that he was abducted by individuals he recognised after a post he had made, and he ended up being sodomised and later dumped in areas of Mwakirunge while fighting for his life,” Karuga stated.
    The court heard that intelligence gathered by detectives suggests that Nassir and his allies may have been aiding some of the suspects to evade arrest.

    First arrest

    “We have managed to establish that there has been communication that has been going on following the first arrest, where it is reported that there were more than fifteen suspects involved; hence, releasing them will interfere with the on-going investigations,” she informed the court.

    She argued that releasing the suspects on bond could not only interfere with the investigations but also endanger public safety, given the high-profile nature of the case. “The incident is of public interest, and releasing the respondents would pose a threat to their own lives,” she told the magistrate.

    Forensic procedure

    Karuga further informed the court that DNA analysis of the suspects was pending and releasing them would hinder crucial forensic procedures necessary to compare DNA samples with those collected from the victim.

    She recounted the difficulties law enforcement agents had faced in apprehending the four suspects who appeared in court, namely Abdul Hassan, Haji Babu Ndau, Esther Muthoni (alias Totoos), and Violet Adera (alias Vyaoo), due to interference from county officials.