Five suspects arrested over murder of Molo activist Richard Otieno
Two bodaboda riders are among five suspects arrested by detectives in Nakuru over the gruesome murder of Molo activist Richard Otieno.
The two riders are claimed to have transferred the murder suspects to and from the scene of the crime.
The five who were forensically placed at the scene of the murder will be presented at the Nakuru courts today.
Confirming the arrest, Nakuru County Commander Michael Mwangi said the arrest of the five suspects follows an intense investigation by detectives who believed the five are the prime suspects in the murder.
Mwangi revealed that the five include two bodaboda riders who are believed to have carried the alleged killers to and from the scene of the crime.
He stated that a third suspect is believed to have participated in the killing while two others reportedly assaulted the deceased in November last year and have been convicted to serve one year of probation.
“We have arrested five suspects who are in custody and will be arraigned today. They were tracked down by the DCI detectives who arrested them,” the county police boss told local media.
The police said they’ll be presented in court today as police will be seeking more time to conclude their investigations.
Otieno, a vocal critic of the government was killed a few meters from his home mid-last month.
The murder sparked protests with the homicide detectives and Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) taking over the investigations.
The body of Otieno was transferred to Kericho following protests by Molo residents who stormed the Elburgon Sub-County Hospital where the body had been preserved and stashed into a plastic bag before they made a procession to Elburgon police station where they dumped it.
Before his untimely death, Otieno famously referred to as Molo president had reported being trailed by unknown people.
An autopsy conducted on his body led by the Chief government pathologist Johansen Odour in the presence of his family and the Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) at the Kericho Referral Hospital Morgue revealed that the body had multiple slash wounds on the back and at the front area of the skull; which fractured the skull leading to excessive bleeding in the brain.
