Stolen presidential escort car found abandoned in Uganda

Tororo, Uganda: The presidential escort car that was stolen in Nairobi has been recovered abandoned in Tororo, Uganda.

Police said the BMW 735 series car was found abandoned on the road after those who had stolen it  realised they were being trailed.

“We have been informed that it was found on the roadside in Tororo and now it is being taken to Kampala before we get it,” said Bungoma County CID boss Peter Mabeya, who was among those trailing it.

He added that they have arrested two more suspects in connection with the incident and they are under interrogation.

The search for the vehicle that went missing last Wednesday was extended to Uganda, after police were led there by informers.

The car had passed through a garage in Nakuru for alterations before it proceeded to the border then crossed to Uganda.

A team of detectives from Interpol and the Flying Squad left Nairobi for Tororo, Uganda Wednesday to get the car.

The number of suspects who are in custody over the incident are three among them a Nakuru mechanic, Aggrey Odhiambo, who was arrested at the weekend.

Odhiambo is accused being in possession of a stolen vehicle that was found dismantled at his garage. A firearm was also recovered from him.

He denied the charges and was remanded at the request of the prosecutor, who told the court that police intend to question him over the State House vehicle.

One of the drivers attached to President Kenyatta was attacked last week by four gunmen who stole the vehicle in Ruai, Nairobi. Police said the men knew his movement after it emerged that one of the gunmen who attacked the driver was masked and for the period they held him, the masked man did not utter a word, pointing to the possibility that he knew the victim.

The vehicle was among those that escorted the President to JKIA on last Wednesday. It was driven back to State House before one of the president’s drivers took it home.

Digital Standard 

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