A popular politician from Murang’a is said to be missing after heavily armed gunmen attacked his house, broke in and disappeared with him into thin air.
Joseph Machiri, a former MCA in Murang’a County was abducted on Sunday night after gunmen covered on their faces with masks broke into his house in the same county before going with him.
According to reports, Murang’a Politician is also said to have been abducted with his son, David Machiri who is also said to have been abducted hours earlier from his house in Thogoto area in Kiambu county and are both missing.
CCTV footage obtained from the politician’s home revealed that the men were heavily armed with guns and their faces covered with masks. They were also seen carrying gas cylinders believed to have been used to break doors into his house.
Machiri’s family said the gunmen who were over 10 in number accessed his home minutes before 11 pm, switched off power and took off with him and is still missing with no reports of their whereabouts.
The family’s lawyer Ndegwa Njiru said the two had just been granted court bail in an ongoing Sh1.5 billion fraud case filed by a bank in which his son, David was an employee and part of.
Njiru said that the politician and his son had been arrested on July 12 last month and arraigned in court with charges of defrauding the bank in which David was the main suspect believed to have colluded with his father for the offence.
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Mathioya sub-county police commander Paul Karobia confirmed having received reports of the abductions but said investigations are underway to establish who took them and the reason behind the abductions.