The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday apprehended a notorious suspect linked to a series of brutal robberies and murders terrorizing Narok township residents.

The suspect, who authorities believe to be the mastermind behind a wave of violent criminal activities, was tracked down in a well-coordinated operation led by the DCI’s Special Crimes Unit.

“Stephen Oloichoki alias Musa Sopia, the prime suspect in a series of violent robberies and murders within Narok township has been arrested, again, following months of scrupulous manhunt by Narok-based detectives,” the DCI says.

The DCI adds: “The suspect, who is a jailbird and has been in prison confines for 15 years until his release on March 2024, was cornered and arrested while in possession of his weapons of choice; a dagger, a sword and a Maasai rungu.”

In the incidents that rocked the area days following his release, it is reported to be accosting business operators in the town, before striking them down with a blunt object and disappearing with their valuables.

Sadly, most victims succumbed to the head hits. But by the stroke of luck, one of the suspect’s criminal activities was captured by a CCTV camera as he attempted to break into a shop.

He aborted the mission on spotting the cameras, but not without blessing his night with several crates of bread delivered to the next shop.

The footage was circulated among security agents. On Monday, October 28 at around midnight, a report was made that a person had been struck dead at Ololulunga area in Narok South. Coincidentally, it was at the same location where the CCTV footage had been obtained.

A security operation was swiftly launched which saw Oloichoki arrested. He was in the same clothes worn in the CCTV footage. (His race was no longer amazing).

The suspect, DCI says, has confessed to several attacks and showed investigators places where he sold the valuables stolen from his victims, leading to the arrest of three more suspects namely; Timothy Manyara, Samuel Kibutu Ngongo and John Ndung’u Wanjiru.

It has also been established that Oloichoki had been handed a life sentence for a violent robbery by the Narok court in 2009, only to be released 15 years later in March this year after an appeal.

Even so, his previous life in crime quickly caught up with him. Under investigations are six deaths in which Oloichoki is implicated, all committed between April and October, 2024.

Appropriate charges including robbery with violence have been preferred against him at Narok Law Courts,” The DCI stated.