How police were duped to help bandits in a daring move
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Police boss narrates how they were duped by bandits to get one of their own to the hospital
Police boss narrates how they were duped by bandits to get one of their own to the hospital.
On Wednesday, April 12, Keiyo North Police Commander Tom Makori disclosed how the force was persuaded to aid banditss in a daring move.
In a news conference, Makori described the circumstances that prompted armed bandits to raid Iten County Referral Hospital on the evening of April 10 in order to save one of their own.
Makori disclosed that after one of the criminals was critically hurt in an attack, the bandits conned the police into taking him to the hospital.
“We received a call that there had been a banditry attack in Elgeyo Marakwet West and that some locals had been seriously injured,” the police commander recounted what transpired.
Makori explained that police officers rushed to the area and took the injured victims to Iten Hospital.
“We thought that we were helping victims, at that time we did not know that we were aiding criminals,” he remarked.
Later, when the bandit was receiving treatment for gunshot wounds, police officers who had taken him to the hospital received a tip from their colleagues in Baringo.
“Our counterparts told us that the person was not even injured during the Elgeyo Marakwet West attack.
“It came to light that he had sustained injuries during a fierce shootout at Baringo North,” Makori recalled the exact time they realized they had been duped.
On why they did not arrest the bandit after receiving the news, he explained, “We got that information one-hour past midnight, we could not stage an operation that deep in the night.”
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Makori revealed that police officers were instructed to swing into action in the morning to arrest the bandit and take him to Baringo County to answer charges.
His colleagues could have got a whiff of the impending arrest as they stormed inside the hospital and rescued their colleague.
The statement by Keiyo North Police Commander was made a few hours after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki explained to National Assembly why the police did not stop the illegal rescue operation.
“The reason why that happened is that the commanding officer on site determined that a shootout inside the hospital would have caused fatalities on patients,” the CS to Members of Parliament while fielding questions from lawmakers on Wednesday, April 12.
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