When Dusit D2 Mall was attacked by terrorists in 2019,many gun holders came to the rescue. Amongst em was this man in red, Mr Dafton Mwitiki-who a year later disappeared for kidnapping the wrong people-a politicians kin & a Chinese man.
How he got caught….Well,here’s the
On 13th Jan 2020, the granddaughter of Mr Mark Too, a fmr Minister,was chilling in their Kileleshwa Home when 4 armed men stormed in.
Thinking that they were robbers, the babe kept calm to avoid being shot but to her surprise, the goons were not here for the TVs nor cars..
They were here for her precious life. So before she could come to terms with why they were not asking for mulla,the men tied her hands, covered her eyes and led her to a waiting car that quickly begun the journey to an undisclosed location within seconds.
Meanwhile as they moved with the speed of a toddlers hand, the goons called her parents and told them, “Send us Ksh 20m or we send you a dead daughter. A message that left them distraught b/c not only was it unexpected,they had also been warned against calling the cops.
However, they did not honor the warning since they were family friends to the most powerful man in the xntry at the time, Pres Uhuru. So they called him & Uhuru directed the DCI to spring into action where they discovered that the goons had called using an untraceable number..
This left the family even more panicked b/c as per the kidnappers words, time was not on their daughter’s side. So against police advice, the fam engaged the goons secretly to secure her release and after a series of calls, they settled for a Ksh 4M payment.
A week later, it was stacked as cash inna duffle bag and delivered to Kisumu at a kibandaski near Maseno University. This bag was picked by a masked man who after leaving the scene directed em to a bush where they found their daughter, reuniting them after the harrowing ordeal.
However, this was an expensive & unnecessary ordeal so the fam was determined to get them. Quickly, they shared with the cops all the numbers the kidnappers had used to reach out na after serious diggin, one number was found to be registered to this man, Mr Dafton Mwitiki.
Tbh, this was quite a shocker to the cops who already knew Dafton as an active member of the National Gun Owners Association since mans had represented Kenya in the 2019 International Defensive Pistol Association Southern Nationals Shooting Competition in South Africa.
Moreover, Dafton was also a successful business man who owned a Tours and Travel company called Beyond the Wild Safaris and a restaurant in Kilimani Galana Plaza together with a Chinese national. So why the hell, would he be kidnapping people for ransom ? They wondered.
With no answer to this question, they decided to keep a close eye on him in order to gather enough evidence. Luckily, Dafton and his team were back in action a month later and this time they had set their eyes on a bigger target who was a Chinese businessman.
On Feb 22 2020, Gao Yuan Hong- was chilling at his electronics shop in China Center along Ngong Road when 4 armed men who identified themselves as DCI cops stormed in and arrested him. The 5 then left in a Toyota Land cruiser
With Gao expecting that they were headed to the police station. Ole wako, mans was served with the painful surprise that this was a kidnapping when he was asked to provide the number of his family. Fearing for his life, he quickly gave away their contacts na..
The crew demanded a Ksh 100M ransom to set him free while they drove the terrified Chinese man to a hideout in Dagoretti- House no 2199 at Sun Track Estate. Here, they hid Gao while making demanding threats to his family
Who hurriedly informed the Chairman of Kenya Chinese Chamber of Commerce Mr William Zhuo of the ordeal. Mr William reported this to the DCI and a rescue team was formed consisting of DCI and NIS once they noticed that the number used to call was untraceable.
After serious forensic investigation and a tip off, detectives got the location of the goons and very fast a rescue plan was formed. The raid was led by officers from the Special Service Unit that was disbanded by Pres Ruto for their ruthlessness..
Na true to their CV, the unit raided the house at Dagoretti with precision and managed to free the Chinese man after a shootout. On the floor lay the bodies of the 4 men who had abducted Mr Gao where one turned out to be an administration police officer.
The only person who was missing was Mr Dafton but gladly, his footprints were present in the form of this car that was found in the compound After it was towed to the station, the owner went to record a statement and gave away Dafton as the one who had hired it from him
Quickly ,the sleuths checked thru the numbers that had been used to call Gao’s family to see if Dafton’s number would appear and boom, it did. This was no mere coincidence and for this matter, Dafton’s fate seemed to have been written in SSU ink..
On March 11 2020, just a week after his mates had been gunned down, Dafton Mwitiki was seen leaving his office at Galana Plaza at around 10PM. It had been a busy day and he was now headed home for a much needed rest
Not knowing that the angel of death was waiting for him right outside his workplace. As soon as he boarded his black land Rover discovery, unknown men joined him and off they went to who knows where…
Next time Dafton was to be seen was on this poster where his friends and family sought help for his whereabouts … Nobody knew who took him but what was known was that he was in a hurry to seal a business deal. What business ? No one knew once again
All they were sure about was that it was some risky business b/c nothing had been stolen from him Not even his car that was left abandoned outside an estate in Juja in pristine condition
Upto date he has never been found but traces of what could have happened to him can be found online.. Anyways…we can only hope for the best bc the SS unit responsible for his investigation sits in jail for another kidnapping
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