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Man in Equity Bank’s Sh1.5bn heist probe was held in forest with lions and hyenas
Sep 2, 2024
Mr Joseph Kimari Machiri, the father of the prime suspect in Equity Bank’s Sh1.5 billion heist, who was abducted by gunmen during a raid on his home captured in CCTV cameras, was freed two days later.
Mr Kimari, a former Murang’a Member of the County Assembly (MCA), was on Sunday, August 11 abducted by gunmen dressed in tactical gear, believed to be police officers.
Earlier Sunday, his son, Mr David Machiri Kimani, had also been abducted from his home in Thogoto, Kiambu County.
Machiri, 39, is Equity Bank’s manager at the Group Processing Centre, Salary Processing Unit, whose credentials, detectives say, were used to steal Sh1,545,887,140.49 from the bank on July 10. He has been missing since.
However, his father, Mr Kimari, was released on Tuesday, August 13, but warned by his captors to never speak to the media or divulge details of his ordeal in captivity, Nation.Africa has established.
The politician, 60, had been picked from his home in Kairi village, Mathioya Constituency in Murang'a on the fateful night.
At the time, the family released CCTV footage of armed men in his compound. They later switched off the lights and Machiri was blindfolded as he was led away by his abductors.
“'I am glad to be alive and okay. I just don't have much to say but we appreciate the concern shown to me and my family," Mr Kimari said on Monday.
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