Chief suspect in Sh 450 million oil products theft charged

Gordon Muriuki Ngatia at the Mombasa Court in Mombasa County on Monday 13th July 2014 where he pleaded not guilty to 36 accounts of buying Lubricants from Vivo Energy Kenya Valued at Ksh 450 million. The court released him on Sh1 million bond. [Photo/Kelvin Karani/STANDARD]

A Nairobi businessman who police allege has evaded arrest for years after being linked to the theft of petroleum products valued at Sh450 million belonging to Vivo Energy has been arrested and charged in Mombasa.

Police claim Gordon Muriuki Ngatia is the principal suspect in the alleged theft of assorted lubricants and say he was arrested in Nairobi recently and charged with stealing the cargo in a span of four years.