DPP TO REVIEW CHARGES AGAINST ALLEGED GOLD GANGS A POLICE OFFICER, ODM POLITICIANS AND FIVE OTHERS

DPP TO REVIEW CHARGES AGAINST ALLEGED GOLD GANGS A POLICE OFFICER, ODM POLITICIANS AND FIVE OTHERS

By Chris Ojow

Through an oral application submitted

before court by Director of Public

Prosecution requesting for more days to

review the charges against suspects

alleged to have obtained huge amount of

money was granted.

Appearing before Senior Principal

Magistrate a serving National Police

Service of Kenya officer , two youthful

famous Members of Parliament aspirants

with Orange Democratic Movement party

and five others who were to be

charged with three counts of obtaining

money with false pretenses and

conspiracy to commit a felony, will now

wait the directions from the DPP for

two weeks.

In the application before lower

criminal court , DPP informed the court

that several letters have been written

to their office by the suspects

lawyers requesting for a review of the

criminal charges where they stated was

bordering malice.

The DPP urged the court to defer the

matter before for purpose of review of

the charges.

The accused persons Samuel Wathika

Gathuru, Moses Otieno Oketch , Patroba

Odhiambo Tobias, Elisha Mbadi Kimbero,

Teddy Samora Kowino, Joannis Kaisarios

,Mugabe Patrick Biriko and Collins

Kiprotich langat did not oppose the

application requesting for a review of

criminal charges, they assured the

court that they are ready to abide by

the directions of the dpp once they are

made.

As the first accused Samuel Wathika

Gathuru was charged with three counts

of being in possesion of a fire arm

without valid documents and failing to

comply with the firearm conditions.

It was alleged that the eight suspects

obtained 53, 828, 400 million Kenya

shillings from the complainant Ismail

Kolawole Adesina in USD 434,100. by

falsy pretending that they were in a

position to sell and ship 156kg of Gold

to Dubai.

And again jointly attempted to obtain

3, 175, 000 million Kenya shillings

from Muthu Siva Sakthi Velu USD 25,000

with a false promise that they will

ship 5kg of Gold.

The offence was committed on diverse

dates of between 23rd of March and 18th

of December year 2022 in various

places within the Republic of Kenya and

outside the jurisdiction and again on

02nd February year 2022 and 03rd of

February year 2023 , at Bravie group

limited Kilimani within Nairobi county.

The charge sheet to be reviewed also

stated that they jointly conspired to

obtain USD 434,100 the property of

Ismail Kolawole Adesina.

( Chris Ojow is Award winning Photojournalist and Founder African Times News Media website www.africantimes.co.ke
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