Five police officers in court over Gigiri jailbreak
Five police officers from Gigiri police station at the Milimani Law Courts on August 21, 2024. They were on night duty when 13 suspects, including the main person of interest in the Kware murders, escaped.
What you need to know:
- The DCI is seeking to lock up of Corporal Ronald Babo, Constable Evan Kipkirui, Constable Millicent Achieng, Constable Zachary Nyabuto and Constable Gerald Mutuku for 14 more days
Five out of the eight police officers implicated in the escape of 13 suspects from Gigiri Police Station on Tuesday morning have been arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts, with investigators seeking to hold them for longer.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations asked Senior Principal Magistrate Martha Nanzushi to allow the lock up of Corporal Ronald Babo, Constable Evan Kipkirui, Constable Millicent Achieng, Constable Zachary Nyabuto and Constable Gerald Mutuku for 14 more days, saying it needed time to wrap up investigations into the case.
The officers were on night duty when the 13 suspects, including the main suspect in the murders of at least 42 women whose bodies were found dumped in Kware quarry in Embakasi. The other 12 are Eritreans detained at the police station for overstaying in the country illegally.
Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, who confessed to the murders that were later reduced to six, was awaiting plea-taking scheduled for Friday, August 23, 2024.
On the fateful Tuesday, Corporal Babo was the duty officer, Constable Kipkirui was the cell sentry while Constable Mutuku was the report office personnel. Constables Achieng and Nyabuto were the station guards.
In their application, the DCI detectives handling the case said they needed time to conduct forensic lab analysis on the suspects’ mobile phones and analyse CCTV footage.
They requested that the officers be locked up at various police stations — including Spring Valley, Parklands and Runda.
Ms Nanzushi remanded them until Thursday when she will decide whether to detain them 14 for days.
