Controversial businessman Jimi Wanjigi has been arrested following a warrant of arrest issued by a Nairobi court on Tuesday.
The arrest came after a day-long standoff at his Kwacha offices along General Mathenge drive in Westlands, Nairobi that saw Anti-Terror Police Unit (APTU) officers storm into one of the buildings at the premises to apprehend the business tycoon.
The businessman be arraigned in court on Wednesday.
The Tuesday raid was preceded by another standoff at Wanjigi's offices on Monday night by DCI detectives
On Monday evening ,several armed officers arrived at the Kwacha Group of Companies and demanded to take the businessman for questioning.
On Tuesday , a Nairobi magistrate court issued a warrant of arrest for Wanjigi over alleged conspiracy to commit a felony and forgery of a title deed.
The warrant of arrests was also issued against 7 others among them Wanjigi's wife Irene Nzisa Wanjigu, Himanshu Velji Dodhia, Kaneez Noorani, Mohamed Hussein Noorani, Mohamed Hussanali, Kairu Augustine Thuo and John Nyanjua Njenga.
“On diverse dates between 9th April 2010 and 5th June 2018 at unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, jointly with others not before court, conspired together to commit a felony namely forgery of a title deed for land registered as IR.65800 LR.N0.1870/11/200 deed plan No.175145 dated 20th July 1993 under the name of Horizon hills limited,” the court papers read.
The businessman has however rubbished the fraud accusation alleging his arrest was politically instigated further attributing the raid at his offices to remarks he made over the weekend where he castigated ODM leader Odinga accusing him of dishonesty.
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