DCI summons taxi driver who found Dennis Itumbi

 By 

Amina Wako

 Nation Media Group  // Thursday, December 30, 2021

Boniface Makokha, an online taxi driver who took Dennis Itumbi to hospital after his alleged abduction, speaking at Kiambu Police Station on December 30, 2021 after recording a statement.

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The taxi driver who reportedly found Deputy President William Ruto’s Digital Strategist Dennis Itumbi after his alleged abduction appeared before Kiambu County Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Thursday.

Mr Boniface Makokha, accompanied by Mr Itumbi’s lawyer Adrian Kamotho Njenga, appeared before the DCI after he received summons on Wednesday.

Apart from the account of that day, Mr Makokha says the officers also wanted to know if Mr Itumbi had mentioned anything about his abductors.

“They asked if Itumbi had mentioned about the abductors, but when I found him, I just rushed him to the hospital because he was in bad shape. I left after his brother David arrived. During that time, he only uttered a few words because he seemed in pain,” Makokha said.

According to Mr Makokha, the Wednesday call was the first he has received from police regarding last week’s incident.

Visited hospital

Mr Kamotho revealed that on Wednesday, “persons who presented themselves as DCI officers” visited the hospital and wanted a statement from Itumbi, who is still in the ICU.

“The heartless, coldhearted and ruthless attitude manifested towards Mr Itumbi by the said officers and whoever dispatched them merits utmost condemnation,” he said.

Itumbi, through his lawyer, wants the DCI to cease hospital visits until he is stable and all queries are directed to his lawyer.

The blogger is also demanding a copy of his mobile device triangulation report between December 23 and 24 and the immediate cessation of further medical interference.

Itumbi’s lawyer, in a letter to DCI, wants to know the progress of the investigation.

Investigations launched

After Itumbi was found, the National Police Service (NPS) Spokesperson Bruno Shioso said investigations had been launched into the alleged abduction.

However, a week later, police are yet to make any headway on the reported gang of three that allegedly abducted Itumbi.

Itumbi was reported missing last Thursday evening after being kidnapped in the Thindigua area on Kiambu Road.

Hours later, he was found by Makokha, the taxi driver who took him to Ruaraka Uhai Neema Hospital, where he was later transferred to Nairobi West Hospital.

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