Banker shot dead in a love triangle

A senior bank manager with the Family Bank was Wednesday night shot dead in a cold blood suspected love triangle incident along Waiyaki Way in Nairobi.

The deputy director in charge of retail at the bank’s headquarters offices Peter Njuguna Mukuria, 43 was shot twice as he waited to pick up a woman who was walking from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Campus near Kianda School along Waiyaki Way last wednesday.

Police and witnesses said Mukuria was shot in the neck twice by two gunmen who had forced their way into his car.

A guard who was near the scene of the shooting said the two gunmen had been standing next to where Mukuria had parked his Honda CRV waiting to pick up the woman.

“One of them had a can of beer that he seemed to sip and when the woman approached the car they also walked there and forced their way in. It was then that we heard gunshots,” said the guard.

Dagoretti Division police boss Mathews Gwiyo said the gunmen forced Mukuria to drive off before one of them pulled the trigger twice in the neck after driving about 30 metres away.  The woman told police the deceased was a family friend and that one of the gunmen pretended to shout and ask what was going on when Mukuria lost control of his car after the shooting and rammed onto another car that was ahead of his.

And after the car stalled, the gang later walked out of the car without stealing anything from the victims. Police arrived at the scene and found Mukuria’s body still on the steering.

“We do not know the relationship between the deceased and the woman and the motive of the shooting so far but love triangle is one of the theories we are investigating,” said Gwiyo.

The woman is also a banker with a rival banking institution in Westlands area and she is married to a popular transporter in Dagorretti area.

Other witnesses said the car has been picking up the woman from the scene.

Gwiyo said a team of investigators is handling the case and intends to question a number of people as part of investigations to know the killers and motive.

Elsewhere, a taxi driver was Wednesday night shot and seriously wounded in a robbery incident in Ayani estate, Nairobi. The driver’s customers were also roughed up and robbed of their valuables in the incident that happened as he was dropping off them from the airpor when they were attacked.

Police say he was shot in the elbow and the gang escaped with  valuables and cash. 

No arrests have been made so far.