The man who claimed to have witnessed two high profile accidents in a month. [Photo/youtube.com]
It has now emerged that a man who claimed to have witnessed two high profile accidents in a month has criminal past history.
According to Nairobi News, preliminary investigation indicate that the man was in 2014 charged before a Kwale law court for impersonating a Kenya Air Force.
He is said to jumped bail and a warrant of arrest issued against him.
The man who identified himself as Nginge was arrested on Thursday night in Ruiru.
His arrest was confirmed by Directorate of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro.
“He is being detained in one of the stations. We want to know his character: Who is this man? Even the identity we need to know…you might find he is Ugandan,” Mr Muhoro said.
The man claimed that he witnessed the accident that claimed the life of Nyeri governor Wahome Gakura.
In October he was captured on TV satating that he had witnessed the Lake Nakuru helicopter crash.
Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet on Wednesday affirmed that he will investigate and unveil who the “witness-in-chief” is.
“It is said that there is an individual who appeared in both accident scenes. It is claimed that he is a police officer. I will find out if it is true he is an officer or not. If yes, then I will be interested in knowing what he was doing at those two scenes,” said Mr Boinnet.