Police hot on th trail of criminals that kidnapped Eastleigh businesswoman
Police are looking into the case of a woman who was kidnapped while traveling to her job as a drink vendor at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Shankara Adan Hassan, 39, has been missing since October 12. Her family said that their efforts to find her had been ineffective.
She has reportedly been selling tea in the airport’s cargo area, according to her family. She was born in Mandera, according to documentation made by the family.
She was riding in a taxi from Eastleigh Section 3 to JKIA when it was flagged down by people pretending to be police officials.
The motorist claims to have stopped on Likoni Road in Nairobi close to the Likoni bridge. There are other claims made. On Yusuf Haji Road in Eastleigh, not far from her home.
The driver claimed that when he passed the salon car, guys in it flagged him down, and he reported the incident to the Industrial Area. The incident happened at 10:00 pm.
The two passengers came to a stop when he pulled over as a police officer in full uniform entered and motioned for the female passenger to get in their car.
After that, the driver was told that she was wanted and was being escorted to Shauri Moyo Police Station to be questioned.
The driver said he usually picked the woman up in Eastleigh and drove her off at the airport because she had been his client.
He called the victim’s family right away to inform them of what had happened, and when they arrived at Shauri Moyo Police Station they were horrified to learn that their sister had disappeared.
The victim was forced to board a car that did not have the victim’s registration number, according to the police.
Police seized the driver and interrogated him. This came about after it turned out he was giving conflicting details about the incident.
Since then, the woman’s family alleges they haven’t been able to find her. Nobody has contacted me.
They want the police to investigate the situation and ascertain the circumstances surrounding the alleged hijacking of her. They are not aware of what caused the occurrence.
Police said they are looking into the incident and at this point have no idea who might be responsible or what their motivation was.
Leaders from North Eastern Kenya urged the president to keep his word and put an end to enigmatical disappearances.
Hussein Waitan, a member of parliament for Mandera East, remarked, “These disappearances used to be in the last government, in this government we thought they would come to an end and here we are.”
“Just these few days someone disappeared in Bura and another one in Ijara,” said Lagdera MP Abdikadir Mohammed. “I think the president needs to come out and crack the whip.”
In the midst of looking for the woman, authorities said that the cab driver would likely be charged on Monday.