CCTV systems at Central Police Station OCS office interfered with after death of Albert Ojwang; IPOA
The CCTV systems at Central Police Station OCS office were interfered with following the death of Albert Ojwang.
The CCTV systems at Central Police Station OCS office were interfered with following the death of Albert Ojwang.
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has revealed that surveillance systems at the Central Police Station in Nairobi were interfered with following the death of Albert Ojwang.
Speaking on Wednesday, June 11, IPOA Deputy Chairperson Ann Wanjiku confirmed that the authority’s investigations had uncovered tampering with the CCTV systems located at the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) office.
“The key findings: the CCTV systems located at the OCS’ office had been interfered with,” she said.
Wanjiku further revealed that a postmortem exercise conducted on Tuesday, June 10, established the cause of death as head injury due to blunt force trauma, neck compression, and multiple bruises across the body.
She noted that the autopsy findings have contradicted earlier suggestions that the detainee may have died by suicide.
“The postmortem exercise conducted on June 10, 2025, revealed the cause of death as head injury due to blunt forced trauma, neck compression, and multiple bruises all over the body. The autopsy report and our preliminary investigations roll out the theory of suicide,” she stated.
At the same time, Wanjiku revealed the names of five police officers who arrested Ojwang at his parents home in Homa Bay County.
She disclosed that Ojwang was arrested by Sergeant Sigei, Sergeant Wesley Kipkorir Kirui, PC Dennis Kinyoni, PC Milton Mwanze and PC Boniface Rapudo.
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“On 7th of June at around 8 AM, a team comprising Sergeant Sigei, Sergeant Wesley Kipkorir Kirui, PC Dennis Kinyoni, PC Milton Mwanze, and PC Boniface Rapudo went to Lida center in Homa Bay County and arrested the deceased at around 2:30 PM and took him to Mawego police station,” she stated.
Ojwang died while under police custody at the Central Police Station.
He had been arrested in Homa Bay and transferred to Nairobi following a complaint by Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat regarding social media posts.
A postmortem conducted on the body of Ojwang revealed that the teacher died as a result of a head injury.
Pathologist Bernard Midia, who performed the autopsy on Tuesday, June 10, also revealed that the deceased had neck compressions.
There were also other injuries on other parts of the body, pointing to an assault.
“The cause of death is very clear. A head injury, neck compression, and we also have other injuries on other parts of the body that are pointing towards assault,” Midia said.
Further, the pathologists ruled out the narrative that had been put out by the police, which claimed that the deceased had hit his head on the walls of the police cell.
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