ALBAWABA - Kenyan police have detained eight policemen in connection with the fleeing of 13 people from Nairobi police cells, including, Collins Jumaisi, a serial killer according to a Kenyan official.
The eight, including the station's chief, were on duty at the time of the escape, according to Gilbert Masengeli, the acting inspector general of police. "Our preliminary investigation indicates that the escape was facilitated by insiders. Any person found culpable will face the full force of law," Masengeli told the press.
In July, Jumaisi was arrested by the Kenyan police after the discovery of mutilated bodies in a dump in a slum. The police described him as a "vampire, a psychopath,".
Jumaisi was in court in Nairobi on Friday, and the magistrate ordered that he be kept for another 30 days to allow police to conclude their investigations. Jumaisi was apprehended on July 15th outside a pub where he watched the Euro 2024 football final.
When Jumaisi appeared in court last month, his lawyer, John Ndegwa, said his client had been tortured until admitted. The escape was discovered at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, when the officer in command and the station's canteen manager went to serve breakfast to the detainees, according to a police report.
According to police, Jumaisi and the other Eritreans detained for allegedly being in Kenya illegally escaped by cutting a security wire mesh at a "basking bay", a place where detainees can get fresh air, and climbing a perimeter wall.
