Police on Monday January 22 arrested two Nigerian nationals in connection to Rita Waeni murder in Roysambu, Nairobi.
The two were arrested in Ndenderu, Kiambu County as a hatchet, butcher knife and 6 mobile phones were recovered from their residence.
According to the police report, the two Nigerians, William Oyie Opia and Johnbull Asibor were arrested while in possession of items linking them to the murder and other criminal activities.
Meanwhile, the High Court has allowed the police to detain the two suspects for 8 days as officers continue with investigations.
This was after the investigating agency filed an application in court on Monday, seeking orders for eight days to complete their investigations.
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Preliminary investigations have established that William Ovie Opia bought the hatchet from an online vendor.
This comes weeks after police discovered body parts of Rita Waeni in a bag along TRM drive, off Thika Road in Nairobi on Sunday, January 14.
Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) visited the scene on January 14 to launch investigations into the murder.
On January 17, the family of Rita Waeni released a statement revealing that the killers had demanded a ransom of Ksh500,000.
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According to the family, the horrific ordeal started on Saturday, January 13 when Waeni left her aunt’s residence in Syokimau to meet with a friend.
However, January 14 at around 5pm, her father — Muendo Mutea — received a message, delivered from Waeni’s phone number, demanding a ransom of KSh500,000 within 24 hours for her release.
After receiving this message, the family says it reported the matter to the police and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and investigations began.
“Additional two messages were sent to the family demanding the ransom. Unfortunately, the family did not get further details about the ransom or an opportunity to explore this route,” the family says.
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The 20-year-old Waeni was due to join her fourth and final year of university at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
