Police arrest man believed to be a member of Al shabaab

BY JAMES MUNYEKI

Police in Nyahururu have arrested a man believed to have connections with the outlawed Al Shabaab group.

The middle aged man has confessed to have training in terrorism in Somali and other countries.

He hails from Kinamba in Laikipia west but was arrested in the town following a tip off from members of the public.

According to Nyandarua OCPD Benjamin Onsongo, the man is providing the police with crucial information on the training he acquired.

“The members of the public informed us of the man and we immediately moved fast and arrested him.It is true that he has confirmed of traversing various parts of the world in terrorism missions,” he noted.

The man who confessed to the press on being connected to Al Qaeda terror group said that he joined the sect in 2006 and has been to 33 countries.

He said that he was abducted at Jamia Mosque and was taken to Afganistan where he was enrolled to the group.

“I had gone there to pray but I was abducted and taken to a foreign country where i was trained on terrorism matters. I have been to many countries with the group,” he said.

He also confessed of having warned the government on the attack on the West gate mall.

“I informed the security officers of a possible attack but they took it lightly.I informed senior police officers but they dismissed me,” he noted.

Onsong said that police would forward him to anti terror police unit for further questioning.

His arrest comes barely two months after another man said to have connections with Al Shabaab was arrested at Kinamba area in Laikipia west.

The man has since been charged in court and is being remanded at Nyahururu GK prison.