Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested three suspects linked to the gruesome attack and murder of Kilifi County IEBC official Ms Aisha Abubakar.
In a statement on Monday January 13, 2025, DCI reported that the three were arrested from their hideouts within the coastal region and several exhibits recovered.
“Isa Omari, Brian Shikuku Mudari and Bryan Templer Oyare were flushed from their hideouts in separate but coordinated operations within the coastal region, following 7 days of rigorous manhunt for perpetrators of the 3am daring robbery,” DCI reported.
On the fateful morning of January 5, 2025, the deceased and her son were woken from their sleep by an unestablished number of home invaders, who forced entry into the abode by cutting the grills of the kitchen window.
Armed with crude weapons, the assailants knocked the son out before stabbing the homeowner severally amidst desperate pleas not to take her life.
As she was killed, the cold-blooded attackers made away with a number of valuables including two Samsung phones, an iPad, 65″ TV set, sound system, and ATM cards whose PINs they had demanded.
Good Samaritans who heard the commotion and thronged the scene made frantic efforts to save her life by rushing her to Premier Hospital in Nyali, but she was declared dead on arrival.
DCI Kisauni took over the investigation, backed up by the Operation Support Unit (OSU) and Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau hawkshaws.
“Today, a meticulous forensic analysis saw the three suspects arrested, in the course of which one of the stolen phones belonging to the deceased’s son and other crucial exhibits were recovered,” DCI noted in a statement.
