The mysterious eye witness who claimed to have witnessed the
grisly road accident that claimed the life of Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru has
been arrested.
Detectives arrested Dennis
Muigai Ngengi, after he caught the attention of Kenyans after he was seen on
live TV claiming to have witnessed both the Nyeri Governor's accident and
the Lake Nakuru accident a few weeks ago where five people perished.
Ngengi gave his eye-witness account to Citizen TV as he
alleged to have been present during the whole tragedy.
According to him, he was also headed to Nairobi when the late Governor, who was being driven for an interview in the City, was involved in the deadly accident.
During the chopper crash, the peculiar eye-witness
identified himself as a state pilot and friend to the deceased pilot Apollo
Malowa.
In both instances he was donning his signature
detective-like sunglasses.
However, when contacted by Pulselive.co.ke earlier
this week, he claimed 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 Pulselive.co.ke.
He disclosed that he was a businessman, who imports goods
and sell them locally.
IG Boinnet days ago said 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.
