Hours after Jimi Wanjigi was arrested, a senior police officer familiar with Wanjigi’s arrest has spoken alleging that his arrest had nothing to do with Nane Nane Protests.
Speaking to NewsProjector, the senior police officer who sought anonymity due to sensitivity of the matter claimed that Wanjigi’s arrest had nothing to do with his involvement in the recent Nane Nane protests.
According to the officer, the businessman will be detained at Kamukunji police station and will be presented in Milimani Senior Courts tomorrow after spending the night at the cells.
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“It’s a new matter and not the Nane Nane or the tear gas canister issue. The charge sheet will be provided in court tomorrow and you will see the charges,” the officer responded.
This comes just days after police officers were instructed to hunt down Wanjigi in his house in Muthaiga where they failed to locate him despite being in the house, with speculations about having a bunker in the house flooding the internet.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) after failing to arrest him, ordered the businessman through a letter to appear before the DCI headquarters where he was arrested upon arrival.
In the video that has since gone viral, upon arrival, he is ordered to board a car which he adamantly refused to enter but eventually hops onto it. “Do not order me, do not touch me!” he was heard shouting.
His lawyer, John Khaminwa has condemned the arrest and termed it as despicable and said he had been asked about the summons and advised his client to honour them.
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“To me who has been at the law for a long time, what is happening is despicable, that is not the way justice should be administered at all.”