Forest Road Saga: Most Wanted Rider Nabbed Fleeing to Tanzania

The most wanted suspect in the case where a female motorist was assaulted by bodaboda riders on Forest Road has been arrested while trying to flee the country.

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) the suspect, Zachariah Nyaora Obadia, was arrested on Monday, March 14, at the Kenya-Tanzania border in Sirare as he tried to sneak out of the country through illegal routes.

He was immediately airlifted to Nairobi where he is expected to be processed before being charged in a court of law. 

“Sleuths from the elite Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau augmented by a section of detectives from Nairobi DCI Regional command, pounced on him as he tried to cross the border to Tanzania through a panya route,” the statement read in part.

The suspect had previously a dragnet who has been on the run since last week escaped our dragnet in Mukuru Kaiyaba, through a sewer duct. Since then, he has been engaging detectives in hide and seek games until his arrest moments ago.

DCI detectives traced the suspect using digital forensics with the aide of cybercrime experts at the agency’s National Forensic Laboratory in Nairobi.

Nyaora has been airlifted to Nairobi, where he is expected to be charged in accordance with the law.

The incident in which the woman was ambushed and manhandled by a mob of bodaboda riders was ambushed after being involved in a traffic accident with a rider sparked uproar after a recording of the incident went viral.

President Uhuru ordered for a national crackdown of motorcycle riders across the country that saw scores arrested and several motorcycles confiscated by police officers.

The Presiednt also called for reforms in the sector, with Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i calling for a fresh registration of riders across the country.

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