BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
The police have moved to court seeking orders to detain a man suspected of defrauding a foreigner of millions in gold scam.
Muderwa Mega Abedi is suspected of defrauding a foreigner by pretending he was in a position to sell him 500 kilograms of gold.
Abedi was presented before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi where the police successfully applied to detain him for seven days.
Investigating officer corporal Paul Maina attached to DCI operations Unit said Abedi was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport traveling on a temporary Congolese documents.
The DCI officer said they were investigating allegations of fraud, contrary to section 317 of the penal code among other offences that will be established.
Court heard that the suspect has been complying with the terms by presenting himself every day as directed and accompanied by his legal counsel up to Saturday 12th April, 2025, when he appeared without his counsel and he was instructed to report back on Tuesday 15th April, 2025.
He said the suspect didn’t appear before the investigators as agreed, only to learn from the Immigration counterparts at Namanga border point that he has been arrested while trying to flee the country. He was booked vide OB No.40 of 14th April 2025.
The Investigating officer told the court that going by the behavior of the suspect, the man was a flight risk and through the intelligence gathered, the suspect was being assisted by his accomplices to escape.
