A suspected Al-Shabaab member has surrendered to Garissa County commissioner after taking a 'bold step' to ditch the group.
The 22-year-old suspect was received by the Garissa County security committee on Friday night before he was taken to an unknown destination.
The suspect dropped from primary school in Garissa to join the Al-Qaeda-linked group in 2011.
Garissa County acting commissioner James Kianda said the suspect, who looked very tired had trekked for several days before showing the white flag. The suspect surrendered at one police station on the Kenya-Somali border.
The commissioner was speaking a few hours after the suspect arrived at the police station. Other officers present were AP police commandant Shadrack Maithia, CID officer in Garissa Daniel Mureri and National Police Service Commission commander Rashid Abdillahi Yakob.
The government recently issued a 10-day amnesty to al-Shabaab returnees, requiring them to surrender to security agencies. The amnesty was later extended by two weeks.