This archive report was first published on 27 June 2021.
On June 15, 2021, Hafsa Mohamed Lukman, a 23-year-old Eastleigh businesswoman, went missing from her shop in Nairobi. Five days later, she was rescued by police in Kayole, where she had been forced to stay inside an empty water tank.
According to detectives, the kidnappers, Jackson Njogu, 24, and Hafsa Abdi, 21, had managed to siphon a total of Sh650,000 from the victim's bank accounts while she was in captivity. The duo had allegedly demanded a ransom of Sh5million to set Hafsa Mohamed free.
After committing the crime, the suspects escaped to Kinangop and purchased a bar, where they were operating from. However, their luck ran out on the morning of their arrest, as they were caught by undercover teams from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau, backed up by their Special Service Unit counterparts.
“This morning was not their lucky day though. They were smoked out of room number 8 at Crystal view lodge,” detectives said.
The two suspects will be arraigned on Monday.
