Acccording to Director of Criminal Investigations, Nordin Hajj, thirty million shillings withdrawn from DTB Bank in Eastleigh and was used to finance the Dusit terror attack that killed at least 21 people last month.
Additionally, Hajj informed the committee of MPs that the money was then wired to the Al Shabaab headquarters based in Somalia’s Jilib town.
Haji told the National Assembly’s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee that the bank management tried to influence his office not press charges in connection with financing the January 15 attack
Additionally, Hajj also blamed the bank for not raising the alarm and reporting the massive withdrawal of such a large amount of money as the bank is required to by Central Bank of Kenya.
The suspect behind the transactions was also involved in a suspicious M-Pesa transaction with his daily mobile transactions hitting Sh2 million through numerous mobile numbers
Moreover, the branch manager Sophia Mbogo was further charged with aiding in the Dusit attack due to her failure to report the massive transaction of Sh34,736,550.