Police officers on patrol. A chief linked to the killing of six police officers from Tiaty, Baringo county has been arrested. Photo/thebigissue.co.ke.
A chief linked to the killing of six police officers from Tiaty, Baringo county has been arrested.
The six officers were ambushed by suspected Pokot cattle rustlers who shot them dead and left others with injuries along the Baringo-Laikipia border.The Paka location chief identified as Moses Dike is being detained at Kabarnet police station as police investigate the killings.
He is accused of sheltering the armed bandits before the police officers were attacked.
Tiaty sub county deputy county commissioner Charles Mbole, confirmed the arrest and denied claims that the chief had been abducted by cattle rustlers at Nginyang’, West Pokot.
“We saw him being whisked into a police vehicle and later bundled into a private car before his phone was switched off,” a resident told the Star.
Residents have urged government to deploy more police officers in the area to help fight banditry.
It is believed that some local administrators and politicians coordinate the cattle raids with the armed robbers.