IPOA Launches Investigation Into Recent Police-Related Abductions
In a statement, Ipoa chairperson Issack Hassan stated that fast-reaction teams have been dispatched to regions of incidence, including Embu, Kajiado, and Nairobi.
The teams, according to him, are given “instructions to obtain all information that may be relevant in unveiling circumstances surrounding the abductions and whether there was police involvement as generally alleged.”
The agency’s move comes in response to public criticism over the recent increase in abductions, particularly of young Kenyans.
The most recent incidents include four males who are still missing.
They include Bill Mwangi, Peter Muteti, Bernard Kavuli, and an unidentified fourth.
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Muteti is claimed to have been taken up by four guys outside a shop in Uthiru at 9 a.m. Saturday and loaded into a waiting vehicle, which raced away.
According to witnesses, one of the individuals who grabbed the social media celebrity wore a police uniform.
Mwangi, for his part, claims that four masked armed men in a double cabin pick-up truck forced him to leave a barbershop in Embu.
The missing guys are alleged to have shared derogatory photographs of President William Ruto on their social media accounts.
Meanwhile, Kavuli was taken in Ngong town on Sunday in an event related to his actions on social media sites, with the most recent posts on his X platform highlighting issues related to the 2007 post-election violence.
According to Hassan, if any police officer is proved to have been engaged in the abductions, he will face severe consequences.
“Where fault is found, the authority shall make recommendations for prosecution, internal disciplinary action or any other appropriate relief,” he stated.
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Hassan further stated that the responses and conclusions of their investigation would be made public once completed.
He encouraged the Inspector General of Police to take immediate action to halt the growing and concerning trend of abductions.
Hassan stated that it is the NPS’s obligation to safeguard all Kenyans from the illegal deprivation of their constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and freedoms through abductions.
“The authority therefore calls upon the Inspector General of Police to take urgent measures to stop this growing and worrying trend of abductions in the country,” he said.
IPOA Launches Investigation Into Recent Police-Related Abductions
