John Kibowen Cheboiwo who was in 2016 accused of impersonating Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet died in Nairobi Remand Prison, Industrial Area under unclear circumstances.
Confirming the incident, Commissioner of Prisons Isaiah Osugo stated that Cheboiwo (24) passed away at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) having been in remand for five weeks.
His mother Jane Anyango stated that she was informed of her son's death two days after it happened.
“I was told that the body had been taken to City Mortuary. I went there and found it. The records there indicated ‘sudden death’" she exclaimed.
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The family doubting that the autopsy done at the mortuary took the body to Chiromo mortuary to have another one done - which revealed what was not recorded in the first one.
“At Chiromo Mortuary, government pathologist Johansen Oduor did an autopsy and said that Cheboiwo’s neck had injuries on the left side, part of his brain was swollen, and there were blood clots on the tips of his fingers,
“It does not add up that a person who collapsed could have signs of strangulation and such injuries,” Anyango added.
The Kenyatta University graduate was accused of impersonating Boinnet and Directorate of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro on Facebook in 2016.
According to the prosecutors, Cheboiwo used the false FaceBook accounts to defraud Kenyans with the promise of fast-tracking investigations.
He was accused of obtaining over Kshs. 500,000 using the identities.
James Gakobo Muriithi is reported to have been one of the those defrauded - losing Kshs. 100,750 after being promised to get details of his father's estate from the Lands Ministry.
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