Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet on
Wednesday broke silence over a suspicious eye-witness spotted at the scene
where Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru was involved in a deadly accident.
The man identified a Dennis Muigai Ngengi was caught on tape
giving his account of what transpired before the Governor’s car crashed.
However, Ngengi became of interest to many Kenyans when it
came to light that he was also the same witness at the Lake Nakuru chopper
crash where he identified himself as a state pilot.
A section of the public claimed that he was a police officer while others associated him to criminal activities.
Commenting on the issue, however,
IG Boinnet mentioned that investigations had been launched to
establish whether he was a police officer.
Speaking in Mombasa port while commissioning
surveillance boats, Mr. Boinnet highlighted that if he finds out he was an
officer he would probe further on why he was at the two scenes.
“It is said that there is an individual who appeared in both
accident scenes. It is claimed that he is a police officer. I will find out if
it is true he is an officer or not. If yes, then I will be interested in
knowing what he was doing at those two scenes,” Boinnet said.
However, Ngengi who witnessed as
Governor Gakuru’s car crashed, told The Evening Post that
he was not the same person at Lake Nakuru’s chopper accident.
“I have been told I look like so many people. Some even
confuse me with former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga. Look at the person in the
Nakuru chopper crash keenly, he is not me,” Ngengi told The
Evening Post
He disclosed that he was a businessman, who imports goods
and sell them locally.
