Court Frees Woman Arrested Over Eric Maigo Murder

Maigo was on Friday, September 15 found dead in his home in Woodley Estate, Nairobi County, lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds.

Marvin Chege Marvin Chege
Sep 25, 2023 - 12:52 Updated: Sep 25, 2023 - 12:54
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Court Frees Woman Arrested Over Eric Maigo Murder
Collage of slain Nairobi Hospital Acting Finance Director Eric Maigo. /VIRALTEAKE

A woman who was arrested over the murder of the Nairobi Hospital Acting Finance Director Eric Maigo has been set free.

Cynthia Lusego Andalo, who was arrested over the murder was released on Monday, September 25 after the prosecution told Milimani senior principal magistrate Bernard Ochoi that they had no evidence to charge or even continue detaining the suspect.

The file detailing the outcome of the investigations was forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), during which it was determined that the evidence was insufficient to charge the accused.

Outside the Milimani Law Courts. /FILE

"After investigations, we have forwarded the file to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and there was no sufficient evidence to charge the respondent herein," the court was told.

The miscellaneous file was closed and the woman was set free. Last week, the prosecution applied for her to be detained for five days to conclude investigations.

Maigo was on Friday, September 15 found dead in his home in Woodley Estate, Nairobi County, lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds.

Kilimani Police Station boss Moss Ndiwa initially revealed that Maigo's body had 10 stab wounds to the chest and the others to his sides. However, an autopsy conducted at the Lee Funeral Home on Saturday, September 16 revealed that Maigo had 25 stab wounds that caused his death.

“We calculated and found he had 25 stab wounds. This caused both external and internal bleeding,” said chief government pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor who noted that some vital organs were ruptured by the stabs in the attack.

The hunt meanwhile continues for a minor believed to have been involved in the murder of the Nairobi Hospital boss.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday, September 22 identified the suspect as Ann Adhiambo, alias Nut, who is currently on the run and is believed to be between 15 to 17 years old.

The details of Adhiambo emerged as DCI detectives managed to recover the woman's clothes which she was captured on CCTV wearing while escaping Maigo's residence in Woodley Estate, Nairobi County.

"Detectives have recovered clothes believed to have been worn by the main suspect during the cold-blooded murder of Nairobi Hospital’s Acting Finance Director Eric Maigo, last Friday, September 15, 2023. 

"The clothes a red checkered shirt and a grey pair of animal-print pants were found in a semi-permanent wooden shack in Bombolulu village, deep inside the sprawling Kibira settlement," stated DCI in part.

DCI are yet to arrest Adhiambo, further appealing to members of the public to provide information leading to her arrest to the nearest police station.

Images of the suspect of the murder of Eric Maigo shared by DCI on September 21, 2023. /DCI