Prime Suspect in Murder of Alleged Serial Thug Samuel Muvota Surrenders to DCI

The Prime Suspect in the fatal shooting of Samuel Mugoh Muvota in Mirema, Nairobi has surrendered to police.

Dennis Karani Gachoki presented himself to the police on Monday morning.

He claimed he was innocent and only met Muvota twice; once in Meru and in Nairobi.

"Hio ripoti ilinifikia nikiwa mahali kwa restaurant na ata ni rafiki tulikua na yeye akakuja akanionyesha kwa simu trending news. Nilishtuka sana juu hakuna venye niko connected na mambo kama hiyo," Karani said.  

Dennis claimed that he had an ongoing court case in Meru where he was accused of receiving money acquired through fraudulent means.

DCI had listed Gachoki as the prime suspect labelling him as a dangerous man.

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DCI said efforts by detectives to arrest him have been futile as he has been influencing rogue officers to tip him off once an operation for his arrest is launched.

"In one occasion, Gachoki’s accomplice was texted minutes before his arrest, throwing a spanner in the works of a meticulous operation that had taken months to put together," DCI boss George Kinoti said on Friday. 

The detectives based at DCI’s Communication unit have learnt that Gachoki had recently fallen out with Muvota, his boss, over sharing of proceeds stolen from victims whose drinks had been spiked.

This, and fights over women they had enlisted to the illicit trade, are among other reasons suspected to have led to a bitter fallout leading to Monday’s daylight fatal shooting of Muvota.

Muvota was shot six times inside his car by unknown assailant moments after dropping a woman at Mirema in Roysambu, Nairobi.