Police Arrest Prezzos Relatives

Suspects under police custody (Nairobi News)

Police have allegedly arrested and detained Boy-Childs' president - Cyprian Nyakundi relatives, the blogger claims so through his telegram channel.
 Nyakundi has been under the search for allegedly defaming a senior CS in the government, something he's attributing to his tribulations.He alleges that police , who have failed to trace him for charges he knows nothing about, have resorted to holding his relatives at ransom until he is found.

Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi (Mpasho News)

They have also towed his vehicle (a toyota mark X) to the station demanding that its a stolen property and that he should personally go and collect it from the station with its documentation.

Here is the full statement from him as posted on his telegram channel.

 BREAKING: STATEMENT BY CYPRIAN NYAKUNDI 

On Sunday 28th January 2018, 22 Police Officers drawn from the Special Crimes Prevention Unit stormed an apartment resided by relatives of blogger Cyprian Nyakundi. Despite their vehement denials, Police are still actively pursuing the blogger, over a series of articles posted on his blog. 

The 22 officers proceeded to brutally assault the relatives of Cyprian Nyakundi, whilst demanding to know his whereabouts. Using torture and intimidation reminiscent of the Moi-era, the police even used their guns to physically-assault the innocent victims. 

The officers then proceeded to arrest the 5 individuals, who are currently locked up at the Kamukunji Police Station. 

Over and above the assault and torture, the police then took a vehicle which they have identified as being owned by Cyprian Nyakundi, a black Toyota Mark X, and drove it to the Nairobi Area Police Station under the guise that it has been reported as stolen, and that Mr. Nyakundi himself must go and collect it with its ownership documents. 

The house was also ransacked with the police officers carrying away all their gadgets including cellphones and computers. 

The ordeal lasted close to 2 hours, as the police had cordoned off the entire neighbourhood. Ordinary passers-by were even denied use of the road leading to the residential area. 

As that was happening, the website CNyakundi. com faced multiple attacks, forcing our hosts to temporarily suspend it, pending further security upgrades. 

It is surely a dark day for Kenya, if relatives can be tortured in-order to reveal someone's whereabouts, even when they may not be privy to them. Using a vehicle as bait to lure Nyakundi to the Police is also a new low, for a service that has been seeking public support in their bid to reform. 

The flagrant abuse of people’s constitutional rights is wrong and must be condemned. It appears that the gains touted by the establishment, are just a facade, and that we are firmly rooted in the ideals of dictatorship. 

If such resources were deployed to fight crime, arrest terrorists and the corrupt individuals who’ve plundered our taxes denying Kenyans opportunities, then we would respect the police. But using massive resources to hunt down a blogger, is an abuse of state-resources. 

Cyprian Nyakundi hereby condemns the Special Crimes Prevention Unit, for being misused as someone’s private property. It's these acts that make the public lose trust in the Police Service as a whole. 

Cyprian Nyakundi now calls for the unconditional release of his relatives, held at the Kamukunji Police Station, and an end to state-sponsored harassment.
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