Kirinyaga: Angry Residents Pick Body of Slain Man from Morgue, Dump it at Police Station
- The family of the late boda boda rider, Joseph Nguru, was expecting him to return home after work, but sadly, he never made it back
- It emerged that the hardworking motorbike rider had been brutally assaulted, murdered, and his body left near his motorbike
- All his family and friends wanted was justice for Nguru, but the wheels of justice were allegedly not moving fast enough for them
- At the police station, the irate crowd took time to speak to the media about their grievances, then left to go and set the homestead of the suspect on fire despite police assurances
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Kirinyaga: Residents of Ndia stormed Baricho Police Station carrying the body of a boda boda rider who had been killed in their locality, while accusing the police of a cover-up.
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Citizen TV reports that 28-year-old Joseph Nguru Munyaro was allegedly murdered and his body dumped inside Mukithi's Kiwe River, along the Ndia-Kirinyaga Central constituencies border.
Angry mourners who took the body from the Kerugoya Mortuary dumped it at the station after causing a fracas for about two hours.
How did the police react to Nguru's body?
According to the mourners, the police had failed to arrest the key suspects who took the life of the boda boda rider who used to ply his trade at the Kiaga Trading Centre in the Kirinyaga Central constituency.
Although Nguru was murdered, his new motorcycle was found next to his body, which puzzled many people as well.
"The young men are in pain, as they have been dying in droves, and nothing has been done about it. We are telling the police to take action now," said an elderly resident of the town.
"He was beaten on the ribs, hand and leg then finally strangled. We know who did it but he has not been arrested," another resident alleged.
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Who is the Ndia police boss?
Ndia police boss Jos Mudavadi revealed that they have launched investigations and urged residents to record statements.
"Initially, we thought he had taken his own life, but it emerged that wasn't the case. The investigations are at an advanced stage, so that we can come up with hard evidence to nail the perpetrators," said Mudavadi.
At the police station, grieving mourners addressed the media and then went to the suspect's homestead, where they set his property on fire.
His chickens were not spared either, as the mourners ran away with them.
Kakamega residents prevent police from picking body
In another story, Kakamega police officers had a hard time when they went to pick the body of a dead man in their locality.
The officers had gone to take the body of a man who worked as a watchman on Wednesday, June 4, and were confronted by angry locals.
The watchman was killed in a deadly night attack in the Seregeya area, Likuyani sub-county, and the locals were unhappy.
According to the residents, they had witnessed three mysterious deaths in the past three months, and the police had failed to arrest the culprits.
Proofreading by Jackson Otukho, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
