The American intelligence groups(AIG) has questioned a Kenyan woman by the name Muthoni Gathitu over the disappearance of Tanzanian tycoon Mohammed Dewji after photos of Dewji were found on her web page linking her to his disappearance.
AGI has has since taken over the abduction case of Africa’s youngest billionaire from Tanzanian authorities.
The AGI linked Muthoni to the case because it discovered Dewji was being photographed by the Kenyan woman for a certain period of time ahead of his mysterious disappearance. Countless photos of the kidnapped billionaire in several boats in Mombasa and South Africa were found on the woman’s web page.
Mohammed Dewji, 43, who is said to have a fortune of $1.5bn (£1.1bn) and is the president of MeTL Group, which operates in about 10 countries across sectors ranging from agriculture to transport and food, was abducted as he entered a hotel gym.
The investigators believe Muthoni was involved in some way in the incident and have put her on the list of people being investigated over the kidnapping. Mo was abducted on Thursday, October, at 5 am at the Colosseum hotel in Oyster Bay, a leafy suburb in northwest of Dar Es Salaam where he had gone for his regular morning workout.
According to police reports, the tycoon was kidnapped by two white men, probably foreigners, who arrived at the hotel in a Toyota Surf vehicle and fired in the air before grabbing him. Efforts by both police and Mo’s family to trace him have bore no fruits, with his whereabouts still remaining a mystery.
Dewji was born in Tanzania and studied at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He served as an MP from 2005 to 2015. Dewji is also the main shareholder in Simba football club, based in Dar es Salaam.
In 2013, he became the first Tanzanian to be on the cover of Forbes magazine, and was named Forbes Africa person of the year in 2015.He is ranked 17th by Forbes on its list of Africa’s billionaires.
Dewji is married with three children. In 2016, he signed a pledge to donate at least half his fortune to philanthropic causes.
In his day to day life he didn’t look like a billionaire – he was a friendly, affable young man going about his business.