A fourth year student at the Mount Kenya University (MKU) was saved from planned murder by his boyfriend, a prison warder after detectives attached to Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) intercepted and arrested him before committing the heinous act.
Edwin Omuse is reported to have stormed out of Kangeta Prison in Meru while on duty carrying the carefully concealed G3 rifle in a sack on a mission to kill his girlfriend.
According to sleuths, the rifle which had been stripped, had a magazine loaded with 20 rounds of ammunition.
“Earlier, Omuse had been overheard saying that he would travel to Thika to eliminate his girlfriend whom he alleged had defrauded him Sh900,000 that he had borrowed from a money lending institution,” stated the DCI statement.
“Efforts to trace the warder gone rogue in Meru became fruitless, after he disappeared from the prison, where he had been assigned sentry duties.”
The last eyewitnesses who saw Omuse in Meru, reported to the detectives that they had spotted him on a fast moving motorbike.
“Today (yesterday) at around 5pm, Omose arrived and using a spare key he gained entry into the house. He assembled the firearm and made a call to the girlfriend who is a fourth year student at Mount Kenya University, inquiring on her whereabouts,” stated detectives.
The girlfriend is pursuing a course in environmental health, at the university’s main campus in Thika.
In a bid to save the girlfriend’s life, detectives from the Special Service Unit supported by their Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau counterparts, immediately swung into action, and through intelligence gathered via their hotline they managed to trace the girlfriend in her house located at Kisii estate in Thika town.
They immediately moved her to safety and laid an ambush in wait for Omose.
The detectives immediately moved in and without firing a single shot, arrested Omosa and recovered the firearm loaded with 20 rounds of 7.62 mm caliber, which had been hidden beneath a couch.
“The suspect is safely in our custody, as detectives process him for arraignment,” said the detectives.
The DCI has strongly warned and cautioned female youth, particularly those in the Universities, Colleges and other tertiary institutions to be wary of predators whose bond of love is premised on monetary cords that are meant to temporarily win their affection.
According to DCI, these cords suffer monetary volatility which lead to suicidal and animalistic psychological attacks.