GSU officers on patrol in Oda village of Tarasaa Division in Tana Delta District on December 23, 2012. Photo/GIDEON MAUNDU NATION MEDIA GROUP
By DANIEL NYASSY dnyassy@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Friday, December 28 2012 at 16:21
Posted Friday, December 28 2012 at 16:21
A contingent of police officers has been sent to Tana Delta District to hunt down abductors of an 80-year-old Pokomo elder.
Area police boss Richard Mukwate on Friday said Mr Abdalla Moyu had been abducted by Orma youths.
“Members of the two communities (Pokomo and Orma) have now resorted to guerrilla war tactics, where they strike their rivals at an opportune time,” said Mr Mukwate.
According to the police boss, the old man and other members of his community left Semikaro for Shirikisho village to inspect the damage to their homes.
A group of Orma youths, who had been lying in wait, then struck. Shirikisho is one of the villages where homes were burnt down during a raid in September.
“Others escaped but Mr Moyu could not run due to his advanced age. He was abducted and there are suspicions that he was killed. We have sent a large contingent of GSU (General Service Unit) and AP (Administrative Police) officers, backed by others from the provincial headquarters. We are yet to find him or his body”, said Mr Mukwate.
He said the officers, together with local leaders, combed nearby bushes but had not found the missing elder.
Tension heightened in the district as news of the abduction spread.
The police boss said earlier Orma fishermen had been robbed of two canoes at Daru crossing point by suspected Pokomo youths. However, two of the robbers had been arrested, he added.
At the same time, Mr Mukwate said an AP officer who went missing with a G3 rifle and 60 rounds of ammunition had not yet been found.
AP constable Reuben Mugambi Kinyua went missing after the December 21 clashes.
“We still don’t know whether he drowned in the crocodile-infested River Tana or he is in the bushes. We are still looking for him”, he said.
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