A female lawyer is reported to have been abducted by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) over her links to Kevin Kang’ethe’s escape.
Kevin Kang’ethe is reported to have escaped last week from Muthaiga Police Station after he was arrested over a murder that he committed in US late last year.
Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Eric Theuri on Sunday revealed that the female lawyer, Beatrice Ng’ethe had been abducted by the DCI on Friday morning from her home in Kiambu County.
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“We have learnt that the DCI abducted one of our members by the name Beatrice Ng’ethe on Friday morning and her whereabouts remain unknown. We have visited several police stations to trace her in vain. The family has been tossed around different police stations.”
According to Theuri, the lawyer was taken in for interrogation after a fugitive, Kevin Kang’ethe escaped from custody for speculations that Kang’ethe reached out to her for legal advice before his escape. However, she has not been traced since.
Theuri noted that the advocate’s family had been to numerous police stations but had not found their daughter. On Saturday, they were informed that she was at Karen Police Station.
However, when they arrived, they were directed to Gigiri Police Station, and they went there on Sunday morning but still no one has given them the correct information about her whereabouts.
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The LSK has however directed one lawyer to file urgent habeas corpus application in court that will ensure that the abductors to present the lawyer in court for determination whether her arrest and detention is just.
He further directed members of the public to turn up at the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road on Monday, February 12 to protest the abduction of the lawyer.