OMG!!Female traffic police officer abducted by matatu driver

Police in Mumias, Kakamega County have launched a manhunt for a matatu driver who abducted and injured a female traffic officer  shortly after she arrested him along Mumias-Bungoma Highway.

The officer had boarded the vehicle and directed that it be driven to Mumias police station but the suspect declined and sped towards Butere instead.

Confirming the incident, Mumias OCPD Peter Katam said, the officer had impounded the vehicle after it had not complied with the traffic rules.

” Other officers were informed of the incident and with the help of bodaboda riders, they pursued the rogue matatu”said Katam.

Adding that they recovered the vehicle at Shitswitswi but the driver managed to escape.

However they manage to arrest two  people who were in the matatu and are set to be arraigned on Wednesday, November 14, after investigations .

The traffic officer who suffered chest and neck injuries. She was admitted at St. Mary’s Mumias Hospital and later discharged.

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