DIRECTOR OF A PETROLEUM COMPANY CHARGED WITH FORGERY AND STEALING, MADE DEATH THREATS TO THE COMPLAINANTS TO COMPEL THEM DROP THE CHARGES

DIRECTOR OF A PETROLEUM COMPANY CHARGED WITH FORGERY AND STEALING, MADE DEATH THREATS TO THE COMPLAINANTS TO COMPEL THEM DROP THE CHARGES

By Chris Ojow

Advocate of the High Court of Kenya

Solomon Olonde Kepher representing the

complainant in a lengthy oral

submission informed the court that,

the accused Abdighani  Abdirhaman Abdi

has no place of abode within the

Country, is a Somali National and a

flight risk and if released might cross

over to the neighboring Country Somali.

As Nairobi’s Chief Magistrate Micheni

Wendy Kagendo ordered the Directorate of

Criminal Investigations officers to

investigate the accused Nationality and

his documents if they are inorder as

alleged.

The accused Abdighani  Abdirhaman Abdi

was charged with several counts of

stealing and forgeries where he pleaded

not guilty.

The State informed the court that they

received a complaint from the

complainant, where it was alleged that

the accused used his father inlaw’s

phone to threaten the complainant with

death .

The State urged the court to compel the

accused to surrender the phone for

forensic after the suspects refused to

hand over the phone which is believed

was used to commit the offence.

it is alleged that on diverse dates the

accused stole Sh 10,248,592 the property

of the said sunspot petroleum limited

which came into his possession,

and with intent to defraud, the accused

forged a resolution of board of

directors meeting of sunspot petroleum

Limited, forging a registrar of

companies Notice of Directors

Particulars purporting it to be a

genuine notice of Change of directors

among other forgeries.

Complainant through his lawyer pleaded

with the court that while issuing a bond

,the court should consider the offence

in the charge sheet.

Chief Magistrate Micheni Wendy Kagendo

freed the accused on a bond of three

million with surety of the same amount

plus one contact person as surety

pending pretrial on 01st December year

2022.