This archive report was first published on 27 June 2021.
On June 15, 2021, Hafsa Mohamed Lukman, a businesswoman from Kamukunji, was kidnapped and subjected to torture. Her ordeal came to an end on June 20, 2021, when detectives from the DCI found her in a dingy room in Matopeni area in Kayole, where she had been forced to stay inside an empty water tank.
According to the DCI, the two main suspects behind the kidnapping, Jackson Njogu, 24, and Hafsa Abdi, 21, were arrested on June 20, 2021, at the crack of dawn at Crystal view lodge in Kinangop. The suspects, who were in a romantic relationship, had been using the lodge as their hideout.
During their investigation, detectives discovered that the two suspects had managed to siphon a total of Sh650,000 from Hafsa's bank accounts while she was in captivity. They had demanded a ransom of Sh5 million in order to set Hafsa free, but when the ransom wasn't delivered, they opted to flee from the detectives who were closing in on them.
The suspects were eventually smoked out of room number 8 at Crystal view lodge, where they had been hiding. The DCI team, which included Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau and Special Service Unit counterparts, had been working undercover to track down the suspects.
