The suspect was in contact with well known terrorists in Somalia.
BY SAM ALFAN.
Anti-Terrorism Police has detailed how massive withdrawal of money was made by terror suspect under watch of Diamond Trust Bank Eastleigh Branch Manager linked to Dusit D2 terror attack
While responding to application filed in the high court seeking to set aside 30 days detention order by the trial court that detained Diamond Trust Bank Eastleigh Branch Manager Sophia Njoki Mbogo, detectives say the suspect is being investigated over terrorism related offences.
She is detained along side Hassan Abdi Nur , Ismael Sadiq Abitham , Ali Khamidi Ali, Abdinoor Maalim Osmali and Abdullahi Muhumed Hassan, investigators say they have uncovered daily massive withdrawal made by Hassan Abdi Nur
They say Sophia in her capacity as the branch manager failed and neglected to file suspicious transactions as required under the laws in relations with money laundering and countering Terrorism financing .
“Under her capacity as the branch manager she failed and neglected to ensure the said Hassan Abdi Nur particulars were verified to confirm if he was indeed the one withdrawing the money and if correct particulars had been provided,” Said ATPU Inspector Monica.
In the court documents filed today, they say that the Mpesa agents who is also a Catholic University Law students Hassan Abdi Nur was in contact with several known terrorists based in somalia which include Faisal Mohammed Digale who was involved with the main attacker during the Garissa university college terror attack.
The till operator Hassan Abdi Nur withdrew the cumulative huge amounts of cash at Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Super Agency (Eastleigh Branch) where Sophia Njoki Mbogo is a branch manager.
According to the financial documents seen by NairobiTimez.co.ke, withdrawal of shillings 37,555,000 million was withdrawn from account ….. between the months of August 2018 and January 2019. Shillings 35,145,000 million if the money was withdrawn in December 2018 and early January this year.
The documents further indicates that in twelve occasions between December 5,2018 and January 4,2019 more than 1.2 million were withdrawn from the said account. According to the data , it appears that between August and November withdrawals were between shillings 95,000,00 to 500,000,00.
The most shocking revelation, in January shillings 5,300,000,00 million was withdrawn within 20 minutes and 50 seconds through 14 transactions..
Other shillings 4, 570,000,00 million was withdrawn on January 3, this year within 18 minutes and 7 seconds through 12 transactions between 09:15:43 and 09:33:50 time.
According to investigators documents, further shilling 3,300,000,00 million was withdrawn within 11 minutes 44 seconds on December 31 through nine transactions.
Hassan Abdi Nur is said to have registered fifty two (52) accounts out of which forty seven (47) Sim card were registered during the month of October , November and December 2018 by same agent Alasland Agencies Limited operated by Nur.
According to the number of Mpesa Agency Customers Transactional slip which were filed by the said Hassan Abdi Nur, he provided a totally different Mobile number which is registered under the name of Adan Mohamed Abdi.
Nur have three registered numbers and none of them which are registered under the till number …… were ever geo-located near the Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Super Agency (Eastleigh Branch) Super Agency number …. at the time the huge withdrawals were being done.
According to the information so far received by investigators show that the forty seven sim cards (Mpesa accounts) received funds from two hundred and seventy (270) senders who are all based in South Africa and intiated withdrawals at Alasland Agencies Limited Till number …..operated by Hassan Abdi Nur.
“The said Alasland Agencies Limited Till number …. facilitated the withdrawal of the e-value , however no cash was given to customers. The said Hassan Abdi Nur who operated the Till, signed the Mpesa log book,” investigators told the court.
He was also in contact with Abdikarim Hussein Mohamed and Adan Hassan Hillow who were involved in the roysambu terrorist incident in December 2010 where two traffic police officers were killed after a grenade was thrown at them.
Inspector Monica Githiaga further said ATPU Headquarters conducting forensic examination of over 100 phones in order to enable the team of investigators the same without doubt and it takes time.
She added that they are currently analysing over seventy five Mobile numbers , Mpesa records , several hundred pages of call data records and will take time.
Prosecution urged the court to dismiss the banks brach manager Sophia Njoki Mbogo and allow police to complete investigations to reveals the people who facilitated, abetted and aided terrorism.
They said the applicants is being investigated over terrorism among other offences.
