DCI Exact Revenge On Suspect Who Murdered Detective David Mayaka

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Tuesday, August 22 gunned down one of the thugs involved in the cold-blooded murder of detective David Mayaka in Kayole, two weeks ago. 

According to a statement from the DCI, the suspect John Kamau aka Farouk died in a hail of fire in the morning after he was cornered by the sleuths and defied orders to surrender, opting to shoot at the officers.

Farouk resorted to brandishing the weapon upon emerging from his apartment and shot one of the detectives, injuring him which provoked his colleagues to retaliate and bring him down.

"Armed with the CZ pistol that fired the fatal shots which took detective Mayaka’s life, the bloodthirsty thug had emerged from his door at an apartment in Njiru Sub-County and shot at one of our men injuring him on his left thigh. 

Screengrab of CCTV footage showing the final moments before a DCI officer was shot dead in Kayole on August 8, 2023. /TWITTER

"This prompted his colleagues to retaliate with speed and efficiency killing the miscreant on the spot in the dawn operation conducted on the second floor of flat B4-124, by an elite team of sleuths drawn from the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau," stated the DCI in part.

The CZ pistol serial number B626735, loaded with 12 rounds of 9mm calibre was recovered, in the operation that also involved a backup team of detectives from Soweto and Njiru.

Also recovered in a backpack were assorted mobile phones suspected to have been violently acquired from victims of crime in the city. 

Preliminary investigations conducted by ballistic experts based at the DCI National Forensic Laboratory linked the firearm to over five armed robberies staged in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties in the last year. The robberies targeted mobile money outlets in the populous residential areas of Kayole, Buru Buru, Dandora and Dagoretti. 

"Detectives have since established that the recovered firearm had been violently robbed from an aide to a former Cabinet Secretary, in a robbery incident reported on November 17, 2021 in Ngong, Kajiado County. 

"During the incident, the aide who was a licensed firearm holder was driving into his compound at around 2 am, when he was accosted by a four-man gang armed with an AK-47 assault riffle and crude weapons including metal bars and machetes," added the DCI.

After ransacking the man’s house located at Kerarapon village, the thugs made away with his pistol serial number B626735 and 55 rounds of 9mm calibre from the aide’s safe. 

The incident followed the arrest of one key suspect in the murder, who was apprehended last week in Kikuyu, Kiambu County. 

In a stealth operation mounted by sleuths from the elite Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) based at the DCI Nairobi regional command, the suspect was flushed out of his hideout in Ruthingiti, Kiambu County. 

"Alex Wanjiru, 23, who was part of the miscreant gang involved in the cold-blooded murder of our colleague detective David Mayaka, had escaped from Kayole immediately after the incident and sought refuge at his grandmother’s home in Ruthingiti, Kikuyu sub-county before detectives tracked him down," stated the DCI in part.

A manhunt for the third suspect Henry Njihia, who is believed to be armed and dangerous is currently underway.

Detective Mayaka who was based at DCI Makadara was driving home in the company of his wife Kemunto Mayaka on August 8, at around 10 pm when they were accosted by the three-man gang riding on a motorbike. 

Collage of Alex Wanjiru, one of the main suspects in the killing of detective David Mayaka in Kayole and a motorbike used by the thugs on the fateful night seized on August 15, 2023. /DCI