A senior police boss has triggered questions after claiming that he shot at two gangsters who were planning to rob a bank in Nyeri County on Thursday, February 4, yet there are reports that contradict his claims.
According to Nyeri County CIPU Commander Mohammed Alike, the two men arrived at the bank at around 8 pm on a motorbike.
One was a 33-year-old man, Nicholas Mwangi and the other was the boda boda rider.
Alike accused the men of pulling out a gun on him, forcing him to open fire and shoot at them. The rider escaped unhurt but Mwangi was unfortunate because the police boss shot him on the leg four times.
Alike managed to pursue and apprehend the rider, reporting the case at Nyeri Police station.
The police boss stated that he spotted the two men while in his personal car parked outside the bank.
Mwangi was taken to Nyeri County Referral Hospital where police chained him to his bed and put him under heavy guard. The rider was also detained at the police station.
However, Mwangi's employer and family contradicted Alike's statement. It was confirmed that Mwangi is an engineer who had been tasked with repairing a generator at the bank.
According to a manager at the firm where Mwangi works, there was an agreement between the bank and the firm to service the machine at night to avoid inconveniencing customers during the day.
"We needed to proceed with the repairs after the closure of business and we had to extend into late-night hours," the manager said.
Furthermore, detectives claimed that a fake gun, suspected to be the gun Alike claimed the duo had on them, was planted at the scene.
The presence of the Nyeri County CIPU Commander outside the bank at 8 pm, four hours after the bank was closed, also puzzled the police. The police boss surrendered his firearm for ballistics examination.
According to Mwangi's family, Alike was framing Mwangi for robbery with violence and attempted assault.
They also said that the detectives detaining the engineer illegally and faking a bank heist to cover up the case.
Police are still investigating into the matter. Mwangi is to be arraigned in court to answer the charges.
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