A notorious
Kenyan businessman from Nairobi has been charged with kidnapping and
trafficking an underage girl to a neighboring country for sexual exploitation.
The
suspect, Abdi Hassan Mamad who appeared at a Magistrate court in Nairobi
was charged with twice kidnapping of a 16-year-old form school girl to
Ethiopia.
During a
recent court hearing, the prosecutor said street boys were used to kidnaping
the girl at Eastleigh while on her way from School and drove her to Ethiopia
last September 2016.
According to
him, the girl whose name was withheld was later found by Ethiopian security
agents in Adis Ababa.
'The girl was
driven beyond the Kenya border town of Moyale and taken to Adis Ababa where
Ethiopian security agents found her and reunited her relatives who has
accompanied Police officers from Kenya' the prosecutor stated.
Again on
Wednesday, January 11, 2017, the accused allegedly kidnapped the girl around
8pm and then bundled her into a waiting Probox car which took off at break-neck
speed towards north eastern. After the information got to the security
personnel all borders were immediately closed.
The suspect
was arrested in a hotel room, where he was hiding with the victim.
The accused
was however granted a cash bail of Sh100,000 until April 4, 2017, when the case
will be heard
Source:
Nairobi News
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