By Salim Mutuma
Three terrorists who escaped from the highly guarded Kamiti Maximum Prison on Monday and whose mysterious disappearance saw several wardens arrested and Prisons boss Wycliffe Ogallo among other officials sacked have been arrested.
The three: Mohammed Ali Abikar, Joseph Juma Odhiambo a.k.a Yusuf and Musharraf Abdalla Akhulunga a.k.a Zarkarawi reportedly escaped at around 1AM on Monday under unclear circumstances.
They were arrested on Thursday at Malalani area in Kitui County near Tana River border while headed towards Boni Forest in Lamu.
They looked somewhat exhausted and were asking for directions to Boni when residents reported to authorities.
Mr Akhulunga was charged with being in possession of explosives, firearms and ammunitions after he was arrested following a foiled attack on Kenya’s parliament in 2012.
Mr Odhiambo was arrested in 2019 and accused of trying to join a terror group in a neighboring country while Abikar was convicted in 2019 for aiding the Garissa University attack in 2015 that lead to the deaths of 148 people.
Interior CS Dr Fred Matiang’i earlier linked the escape to laxity and incompetence of the officers in charge and assured that investigations were underway to ensure arrest of more officers.
The DCI had offered Sh60 million reward for any Kenyan who provides information that could lead to the re-arrest of the three who are considered dangerous to the citizens.
