The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) now says it is unable to access 8 victims who were allegedly abducted by security agencies during the recent anti-government protests.
In a statement on Friday, July 12, IPOA said it had received a total of 10 complaints of unlawful arrests, abductions, and disappearances.
“On its own motion, IPOA has so far registered 10 complaints of unlawful arrests, abductions, and disappearances which are at different stages of analysis and investigations,” read the statement in part.
Out of the 10 complaints, IPOA noted that it is yet to access Austin Omondi, Gabriel Oguda, John Frank, Drey Mwangi, Shadrack Kiprono, Osama Otero, Leslie Muturi, and Joshua Okayo.
The authority urged the 8 victims to come forward and record statements to facilitate investigations into their abductions.
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“The victims have since been found alive with allegations of harassment and torture. IPOA is unable to access victims of these unlawful arrests, abductions, and disappearances. It therefore requests victims and any other relevant eyewitnesses to come forward and record statements to facilitate speedy investigations of these allegations,” IPOA stated.
At the same time, IPOA said Joseph Mwangi who was also abducted is still missing and urged members of the public who witnessed the abduction to report to the authority.
Further, the authority said it attended the post-mortem of Denzel Omondi who was found dead at a quarry in Juja, Kiambu County.
IPOA mentioned it has requested police documents on the death of the JKUAT student and urged members of the public with verifiable CCTV footage or photographs of Omondi’s death to submit to the authority.
“IPOA appeals for eyewitness accounts from any person who may have information on the disappearances and any other complaint under IPCIA investigations to kindly volunteer information, CCTV footage, and photographs to advance its investigations,” IPOA added.
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