On January 13, 2020, the granddaughter of the former Moi powerful Minister Mark Too was relaxing at their Kileleshwa home, when four armed individuals forcibly entered. Believing them to be robbers, she remained composed to avoid being harmed. However, she was shocked to discover that their intentions were not to steal valuables but to kidnap her.
Before she could come into terms with why they weren’t asking for money, the men bound her hands, covered her eyes, and ushered her into a waiting car, which immediately sped off to an unknown location. Simultaneously, the thugs called her parents to inform them.
“Send us Ksh 20m or we send you a dead daughter.” the caller said before hanging the call..
The family received a distressing message which was completely unexpected, with a warning against involving the police. Despite the caution, they disregarded it, as they were family friends with the country’s then-president, Uhuru kenyatta.
So they called him & Uhuru directed the DCI to spring into action where they discovered that the goons had called using an untraceable number..
This left the family even more panicked because as per the kidnappers words, time was not on their daughter’s side.
So against police advice, the family engaged the goons secretly to secure her release and after a series of calls, they settled for a Ksh 4M payment. A week later, they stacked the cash in a duffle bag and delivered it to Lela area near Maseno, Kisumu.
Few minutes later the bag was picked by a masked man who after leaving the scene directed them to a bush near the railway line where they found their daughter, reuniting them after the harrowing ordeal. However, this was an expensive & unnecessary ordeal so the family was determined to get the kidnappers. Quickly, they shared with the cops all the numbers the kidnappers had used to reach out and after serious digging, one number was found to be registered under Mr Dafton Mwitiki’s name.
Who is/was Dafton mwatiki?
Dafton Mwitiki shot to the limelight during the DusitD2 rescue mission in January, 2019.
Media cameras captured Mwitiki — or Dafton as he is popularly known,brown, — carrying a sophisticated rifle alongside politician Steve Mbogo. It was apparent that gun handling was not a new adventure to Mwitiki.
This was quite a shocker to the cops who already knew Dafton as an active member of the National Gun Owners Association since he had also represented Kenya in the 2019 International Defensive Pistol Association Southern Nationals Shooting Competition in South Africa.
Moreover, Dafton was also a successful business man who owned a Tours and Travel company called Beyond the Wild Safaris and a restaurant in Kilimani Galana Plaza together with a Chinese national.
So why the hell, would he be kidnapping people for ransom? They wondered.
With no answer to this question, they decided to keep a close eye on him in order to gather enough evidence.
Luckily, Dafton and his team were back in action a month later and this time they had set their eyes on a bigger target who was a Chinese businessman.
On Feb 22 2020, Gao Yuan Hong- was chilling at his electronics shop in China Center along Ngong Road when 4 armed men who identified themselves as DCI cops stormed in and arrested him. The 5 then left in a Toyota Land cruiser, With Gao expecting that they were headed to the police station, Only to be served with the painful surprise that this was a kidnapping when he was asked to provide the number of his family.
Fearing for his life, he quickly gave away their contacts..
The crew demanded a Ksh 100M ransom to set him free while they drove the terrified Chinese man to a hideout in Dagoretti- House no 2199 at Sun Track Estate. Where, they hid Gao while making demanding threats to his family, Who hurriedly informed the Chairman of Kenya Chinese Chamber of Commerce Mr William Zhuo of the ordeal.
Mr William reported the matter to the DCI and a rescue team was formed consisting of DCI and NIS once they noticed that the number used to call was still untraceable.
After serious forensic investigation and a tip off, detectives got the location of the goons and very fast a rescue plan was formed.
The raid was led by officers from the Special Service Unit that was disbanded by President Ruto for their ruthlessness. The unit raided the house at Dagoretti with precision and managed to free the Chinese man after a shootout.
On the floor lay the bodies of the 4 men who had abducted Mr Gao where one turned out to be an administration police officer. The only person who was missing was Mr Dafton but gladly, his footprints were present in the form of a car he had hired that was found in the compound.
After it was towed to the station, The owner went to record a statement and gave away Dafton as the one who had hired it from him.
Quickly ,The sleuths checked thru the numbers that had been used to call Gao’s family to see if Dafton’s number would appear and boom, it did.
This was no mere coincidence and for this matter, Dafton’s fate seemed to have been written in SSU ink..
On March 11 2020, just a week after his mates had been gunned down, Dafton Mwitiki was seen leaving his office at Galana Plaza at around 10PM.
It had been a busy day and he was now headed home for a much needed rest
Not knowing that the angel of death was waiting for him right outside his workplace.
As soon as he boarded his black land Rover discovery, unknown men joined him and off they went to who knows where.
Next time Dafton was to be seen was on posters where his friends and family sought help for his whereabouts …
Nobody knew who took him but what was known was that he was in a hurry to seal a business deal. What business ? No one knew once again.
All they were sure about was that it was some risky business because nothing had been stolen from him.
Days later his car was found abandoned outside an estate in Juja in pristine condition
Upto date he has never been found but traces of what could have happened to him are discussed in low tones.
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