By Simiyu Mercy
A university student who was on the verge of her lover's death was spectacularly rescued after police officers created a trap and caught the jail officer, who had travelled from Meru to Thika.
Constable Edwin Omuse, stationed at Imenti's Kangeta GK jail, quit work Tuesday evening without informing his superiors. He was armed with a government-owned G3 weapon that was hidden in a gunny bag.
Another jail warder, Sergeant Benjamin Ndunda, who was out of duty, was able to observe Constable Omuse at the Kangeta Trading Centre, carrying the gunny bag.
He phoned Caroline Wambui the Duty Officer and told her what he saw.
The officer of the department reported the matter at the police station in Kangeta. It was recorded under OB No. 29/24/8 and a manhunt for the officer who had abandoned duty was immediately initiated.
However, it was later disclosed to one of his pals that his girlfriend scammed her Sh900,000 and that he was planning to kill her.
"Efforts to trace Meru's warner, who had gone rogue, remained unsuccessful after he disapointed from prison. The last eyewitnesses that saw Omuse at Meru told officers that they had been able to locate him on a rapidly moving motorcycle," the DCI added.
His firearm assembled
"In an effort to save the girlfriend's life, detectives from the Special Service Unit backed by their Crime Research and Information Bureau quickly took effect and succeeded to trace the girlfriend in her home in Kisii estate in Thika town through intelligence," the DCI explained.
The female pupil was transported by detectives to safety. The investigators waited for Constable Omuse who arrived on Wednesday at 5pm. Using a spare key to enter the house, he put his firearms together and called his friend to ask her where to go.
The investigators quickly went quietly without shooting, apprehended Omuse, and seized the pistol loaded with 20 bullets hidden in the sitting area behind a sofa.
Only one month after police rescued a young lady who had been enticed by a man she didn't know, the Wednesday events were, but drivers in a bus she had visited Mombasa saw something bad.
Following the Thika occurrences, the DCI advised women students that their connections with older males are motivated by monetary offers.
"The DCI urges forcefully and warns young women especially in universities, schools and other higher institutions that they are careful about predators whose love-binding is based on monetary cords which are meant to be temporary. These cords are subject to monetary instability that leads to psychological suicide and animal aggression," the DCI added. "Take time to know him and take proper care."
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