Defence Lawyer in the SSU abduction case Danstan Omari on Monday told a Kahawa law court that the SSU case before court was all about settling political scores.
While making submissions to court on behalf of his clients, Omari said the case was about politics and nothing else considering the circumstances surrounding their arrest.
“This is purely a political case based on that that was pitting the two contestants for the presidential elections,” he said.
He claims that once power changed to the new president, on two occasions the head of state ordered that the accused must be arrested and charged.
“They were arraigned in court detained for over 35 days, they were released on bond later again they were arraigned detained and released on bond after being charged but today as they are here their bond was suspended by the high court,” he said.
Omari noted that all this pointed to the fact that the matter is outside the DPP’s office due to the orders that were being issued.
Omari also question why there was no record from government showing the two Indians coming into the country and who they were, further questioning if they were ever there or it’s a creation to settle political scores.
“To us this are the heroes of the police office sacrificed because of political of succession, we have proved that they are heroes of the DCI department,” Omari claimed.
He also questioned the selectivity of picking which officers to be charged was also wondering why only one NIS officer was charged while 80 percent are DCI officers.
In the case, 17 police officers drawn from different units including the now disbanded SSU have been charged with abduction of Indian nationals Zulfikar Ahmed Khan, Mohammed Said and Kenyan Taxi driver Nicodemus Mwange.
The prosecution made its opening statement today and the first witness Michael Kirui testified. The court will visit the difference scenes before the defence will be allowed to cross-examine the witness.
