Two Suspects Impersonating EACC Officials Arrested in Nairobi

Police in Nairobi have arrested two suspects masquerading as officials of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

Gordwins Agutu and his accomplice David Mburu are said to have stormed into the offices of one Isaac Wandere to purportedly investigate a land fraud case.  

They were arrested after they gained entry into the WanderJoy Party headquarters along Kiambu road and began harassing its proprietor demanding a bribe to allegedly go slow on a land fraud case against him.

Police say the suspects arrived in two top-of-the-range vehicles fitted with strobe lights and well-built men hanging on the vehicles’ doors and forcefully gained entry into the premises, causing a scene that left workers scared.

Agutu, a serial fraudster who has had previous run-ins with the law, posed as an EACC director while Mburu introduced himself as the anti-graft deputy director.

Detectives based at Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters got wind of the incident and immediately rushed to the premises, two kilometers away. 

When the detectives arrived, men who had sealed off the compound posing as VVIP security detail while flashing walkie-talkies escaped towards Karura forest, leaving their masters in the hands of police.

Upon search on the DCI criminal database, detectives discovered that Agutu had previously been arrested in September 2017 masquerading as a Senior Superintendent of Police attached to DCI.

He was found in possession of two other employment cards, all indicating that he held senior management positions at Kenya Revenue Authority and Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board.  

While posing as a surveillance officer in the Pharmacy and Poisons board, the suspect allegedly closed down several hospitals for allegedly not meeting certain regulatory requirements.

On January 26th this year, Agutu and his gareg is said to have visited Sidai Oleng club along Kiambu road and attempted to abduct its owner John Ngugi over undisclosed investigative cases that he was conducting against him. 

“The suspect operates in hired top-of-the-range Toyota Prados, which often use the wrong side of the road with strobe lights flashing on their rooftops and a siren blaring for other vehicles to give him way for his next mission,” DCI says in a report.
 
Any person who may have fallen victim to the suspect’s tricks has been urged to report to the DCI headquarters Serious Crimes Unit to file their reports.