The efforts by the Kenya security officers to recover a Jubilee branded vehicle that was hijacked on Friday evening by suspected members of the Al Shabaab terror group in Falama area, Mandera South, are yet to bear fruits.Police boss Charles Chacha has confirmed that the vehicle, which belongs to a former civic leader in the Kotulo area, is still missing but expressed optimism that it will be found as elders engage in talks over the matter, Star has reported. Leaders from Mandera and other parts of the nation have expressed concern over the hijacking of the vehicle.Chacha also dismissed allegations that the occupants of the vehicles had been killed or injured following the raid.
The raid comes at a time when the interior cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i has imposed curfews in different parts of the nation including Garissa, Lamu and Tana River as the fight for the suspected terror group members continues ahead of the elections.
“The four occupants, who were all men have been accounted for, contrary to earlier reports that they were either injured, killed or still missing. We are interrogating them with a view to finding out what exactly happened,”Chacha said, as quoted by the local daily.
The driver of the vehicle had just dropped Jubilee supporters at Falama before the tragic incident occurred. Chacha said that the militia ordered all occupants of the vehicle to alight before the sped off after monitoring its movements.