Police in Kisii County have arrested the main suspect in a brutal incident where 3-year-old Junior Sagini's eyes were gouged out.
The suspect, Maina Ochoki, was nabbed on Monday, December 19, and he is currently in police custody at the Rioma Police Station.
According to police investigators, Maina and his mother Pacifica gouged out Baby Sagini's eyes to be used as a ritual.
The investigators added that the two had conspired in a previous incident in December 2021 and killed Maina' father.
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Maina's arrest comes after baby Sagini's mother Maureen Nyaboke was arrested as she was leaving the Kisii Eye hospital on Sunday where she had gone to see her son.
According to the police, the 28-year-old has been working as a barmaid in Nyamakoroto in Gesima Ward, Nyamira County.
Maureen left the three-year-old and her 7-year-old sister in the hands of their stepfather under unclear circumstances before the incident happened.
Meanwhile, doctors handling Baby Sagini say he is ready to be discharged but can't leave the hospital owing to the circumstances surrounding the ongoing investigations at his home.
