Boda boda riders arrested for assaulting female motorist along Wangari Maathai road freed
By Judy Jerono
The 16 boda-boda riders arrested over the assault of a woman earlier this month along the busy Wangari Maathai Road have been freed by a Nairobi Court.
They were released after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) failed to prefer charges against them. The bodaboda operators have been asked to collect their personal possessions, including lDs and motorcycles, from Gigiri Police Station.
Zachary Nyaora Obadiah who is the main suspect in the matter is still being held at Gigiri police station for 10 days as investigation are still ongoing
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Collage image of Zachariah Nyaora Obadia. |Courtesy| DCI Twitter|[/caption]
following orders by Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki.
Obadiah who was trying to escape, was arrested a week after the incident while crossing the Kenyan-Tanzanian border.
” Obadiah was among a group of bodaboda riders at the Barabara Tano stage on Wangari Mathai Road. The accused will be charged with robbery with violence and sexual assault,” officer in charge Lyvonne Mwanzia told the court.
The main suspect claimed he fled after seeing his images in the media implicating him in the assault.
Earlier, the Milimani Principal Magistrate Robert Shikwe ruled that the case was of public interest and that police needed more time to investigate the matter where the investigating officers had requested 20 days to hold the suspects for the investigations to be conducted.
The suspects include; Zachariah Nyaore Obadiah, James Mutinda Muema, Samuel Wafula Muswahili, Charles Omondi Were, Japheth Bosire Obano, Hassan Farah Forah, and Wanjuki Lincoln Kinyanjui.
The others are Joseph Ngugi Mbugu, Lenson Fundi Njururi, Harrison Maina Irungu, Benjamin Ngure Githimii, Ignatius Shitekha Mufwolobo, Martin Kamau Maina, Shadrack Ambia Luyeku, Shadrack Kioko Nyamai, Cliff Gikobi Oyaro and Joseph Kibui Mukambi.
The suspects were arrested after they moved to the female motorist's car where they sexually assaulted her and at the same time, they stole her iPhone 6, valued at Sh130,000.”
Collage image of Zachariah Nyaora Obadia. |Courtesy| DCI Twitter|[/caption]
following orders by Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki.
Obadiah who was trying to escape, was arrested a week after the incident while crossing the Kenyan-Tanzanian border.
” Obadiah was among a group of bodaboda riders at the Barabara Tano stage on Wangari Mathai Road. The accused will be charged with robbery with violence and sexual assault,” officer in charge Lyvonne Mwanzia told the court.
The main suspect claimed he fled after seeing his images in the media implicating him in the assault.
Earlier, the Milimani Principal Magistrate Robert Shikwe ruled that the case was of public interest and that police needed more time to investigate the matter where the investigating officers had requested 20 days to hold the suspects for the investigations to be conducted.
The suspects include; Zachariah Nyaore Obadiah, James Mutinda Muema, Samuel Wafula Muswahili, Charles Omondi Were, Japheth Bosire Obano, Hassan Farah Forah, and Wanjuki Lincoln Kinyanjui.
The others are Joseph Ngugi Mbugu, Lenson Fundi Njururi, Harrison Maina Irungu, Benjamin Ngure Githimii, Ignatius Shitekha Mufwolobo, Martin Kamau Maina, Shadrack Ambia Luyeku, Shadrack Kioko Nyamai, Cliff Gikobi Oyaro and Joseph Kibui Mukambi.
The suspects were arrested after they moved to the female motorist's car where they sexually assaulted her and at the same time, they stole her iPhone 6, valued at Sh130,000.” What's Your Reaction?
