The Akasha brothers. [Photo/citizen.tv.co.ke]
The family of slain drug baron Ibrahim Akasha has been denied access to the Sh20 billion estate.
According to the Standard, the family only remained with two property in Mombasa County to share among all children from the three wives after police seized a bigger share of the estate and jewelry worth millions of shillings disappeared.
However, some property was seized by the police when two of his sons -- Baktash and Ibrahim – were arrested and charged with trafficking in six tonnes of hashish worth Sh940 million.A bigger portion of the jewelry worth more than Sh20 million inherited by the late Akasha from his parents disappeared from their home when police officers raided in 2014 in search of drugs.
His third wife, Fatuma Akasha, siad she had taken the gold to a goldsmith to prepare ornaments to be given to her granddaughters on their weddings. They took all
“The goldsmith had worked on nice bangles and bracelets and delivered the items a day before the raid took place. They took all that my husband treasured and I have nothing from the Akasha lineage to offer my grandchildren as gifts on their weddings,” Fatuma is quoted by Standard.