Recall the scandalous prison break in when the Admiistration Police Officers forcefully invaded a Mandera police Station to release one of their own alleged criminal?
Police officers at a Mandera police station were left puzzled after 14 heavily armed Administration Police officers stormed in and rescued one of their own who had been arrested and was locked in the cells.
They went ahead to open the male cell and took one prisoner, identified as Corporal Richard Githaka Karanja, who had been arrested for the offence of robbery with violence.
Well police officer Richard Githaka Karanja was on Wednesday charged in court with robbery with violence and unlawful escape from police custody by state prosecutor Allen Mulama.
Githaka is accused of robbing two guards, Dakane Abdille Abdi and Salat Osman Jelle armed with rifles and other dangerous weapons on December 8, 2018, at a petrol station in Mandera town.
Together with others, he allegedly robbed the men of Ksh 729,000, which was the property of Muhudin Yussuf.
On the other account on December 13, 2018, Githaka and others are accused of robbing Jelle, stealing Ksh 5000 and killing Abdi in the process.
The prosecution requested for postponement of the case that was scheduled for hearing Wednesday citing the need for a briefing with new witnesses.
Mandera Senior Magistrate Peter Arera allowed the application but warned against engaging in sideshows.