BY NT REPORTER.
A Nairobi court has allowed police request to continue detaining
a businessman for three days to enable them complete investigation over allegations of obtaining money by false pretenses.
Senior resident magistrate Muthoni Nzibe ordered the suspect Bonaventure Aradi to be detained at Kilimani police station to enable police complete the probe over allegations of fraud.
While seeking orders to detain Aradi, police told the court that they are investigating a case of obtaining money by false pretences and stealing a motor vehicle.
The court heard that Bonaventure fraudulently transferred a motor vehicle Toyota Land cruiser to his name and used the logbook he had fraudulently obtained to secure a loan of Sh 2 million from Phoenix Capital Limited and failed to pay the said loan.
“The complaint was in need of financial assistance whereby he approached the respondent ( Aradi) and agreed that respondent was to give him 1.5 million after offering a collateral of the said motor vehicle annd agreed that the logbook of the said motor vehicle was to be transferred to both parties,” state the affidavit.
It is said that upon receipt of the cash, the suspect later switched off his Mobile phone and disappeared.
Investigation officer urged the court to grant him more time to complete investigations as he is yet to retrieve call records from the respondents Mobile phone , record statements of the witnesses and also get a report from National Transport and Safety Authority on how the said logbook was obtained.
He said he is yet to arrests Bonaventure associates who are still at large.
Bonaventure was arrested within Wilson Airport and escorted to Kilimani police station.
Police further told the court that initial investigations established that the suspect had previously criminal record whereby he had been arrested in Mombasa and charged with obtaining money.
