Imagine in a country where a police officer should make you feel safe, actually makes it even harder to get the protection which is a basic right for each citizen. A rogue police officer attached to Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Nakuru is on the spot for robbing a businessman of his property worth Sh1.2 million. The officer is also accused of taking Sh500,000 and threatening to kill the man and his lawyer. The officer allegedly on January 30, 2019, broke into AA Mini Shop belonging to Robow Hussein Holo, 25, at Garissa shopping Centre and without any reason arrested him and carted away his property. It is while at the police station that Holo was informed that he was to be charged with the offence of stealing.
Holo says he was beaten by the officer who further forced him to sign an inventory of the total good taken from his shop and to his surprise the officer did not list the Sh500,000 and had only half of the property carted away listed in the inventory. “I received a thorough beating from the officer who further forced me to sign an inventory of goods he took from my shop to my utter surprise he did not list the Sh500,000 cash he took,” said Holo. Among the items in the inventory dated January 30,
The whereabouts of half of the goods he mentioned is yet to be known as the officer continues to hold the other. He adds that the officer is holding his identity card and keys to his business premise. Immediately after confiscating the goods, the officer allegedly procured the services of a quack complainant and instructed him to report the matter. The complainant in the case allegedly reported that he had his goods stolen and had been threatened by an officer using his gun inside court premise. On Friday it was established that the officer has also been sending threatening text messages to Mr Ibrahim Nurow, a close friend to Holo.
The officer in the text messages warns Nurow for engaging himself in business with Holo.
“I have been living in fear, the officer has been sending threatening text messages to me and at some point demanding money,” said Nurow. Other text messages sent to the man by the officer indicate that he had been asked to settle all his debts and hand over his wife to anyone who will take care of her when he is dead. The officer had informed him that he had reached his age limit and his death was approaching.
“No u have reached the age limit so ur death is approaching that’s why I wish you death,” read one of the texts.“Lipa madeni and hand over all ur wife’s to the person you wish to satisfy them,” read another text. Nurow in his reply informs the officer that his life and death is in the hands of Almighty God and not of the officer. “My life and death is in the hand of Almighty God nt in your hand,” stated Nurow in his reply to the officer. He reveals that their efforts to report the matter to the police has since been futile as police officers manning the reporting section at Central Police station in Nakuru refused to take down their complaints.