Suspects of murder of man in Dandora detained for 21 days

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is investigating the murder of a 59 year-old man allegedly killed by three(3) men along the Railway line in Dandora.

Three(3) suspects include Jacob Odhiambo Omollo, Washington Samuel Aboye, and Vincent Otieno Oduor.

They are suspects in the murder of Walter Otieno who was killed on October 24, 2024, at around 8pm.

Otieno’s murder was reported to police by a pedestrian Melix Nganga who witnessed the incident.

Mr Nganga told the police that he was walking along the railway line when he met two young men walking in the opposite direction.

The two(2) unknown men attacked the man walking behind him prompting him to flee for his life.

He informed boda boda riders at a nearby fuel station and they proceeded back to the scene where they found Otieno’ lifeless body lying in a pool of blood.

Officers from Mowlem Police Station and DCI Dandora arrived at the scene and identified the deceased as he had his national identity card.

Nganga told police officers that one(1) of the men who attacked Otieno was wearing a green reflector jacket during the attack.

Police conducted a search in the area and arrested Amboye and Omollo.

Amboye was found with a green reflector jacket in his pockets during the arrest according to an affidavit filed at the Makadara Law Courts by Detective Sergeant Alice Toniok of Dandora DCI offices.

Oduor was arrested at the scene and he told the police that he was at the scene earlier trying to help the deceased but his explanation was not satisfactory according to Sgt Toniok.

Ms Toniok said she is investigating a case of murder and she needs to return to the scene to look for the murder weapon.

The detective was making an application for court orders to detain the suspects at the Mowlem Police station for 21 days to conclude the investigations.

She told Senior Principal Magistrate Agnes Mwangi that she needed time to conduct mobile phones data analysis to ascertain whether the same will place the three(3) men at the scene of the murder.

“I swear this affidavit in support of the application for prayer to have the respondents detained for 21 working days to complete investigations,” Ms Toniok said.

The detective said the the suspects don’t have known homes hence if released they can easily escape and never to be found.

The three(3) did not object to the application to detain them. They will remain in custody until November 19, 2024.