Tables Turned on Safaricom Following it’s Dealings With Suspected Al Shabaab Financier

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Claims of financial transactions involving Millions of Shillings to facilitate the Dusit attack among other terrorist attacks have filled the air ever since the unfortunate incident at Riverside occurred.

Investigative agencies have alleged that one Mr Hassan Abdi Nur recieved Millions of Shillings from outside the Country some of which he withdrew and even sent others to Somalia.

Mr. Abdi was yesterday presented in Court and with it came some more revelations that could as well help unravel the mystery behind the Dusit attack.

The Court was told that Mr. Abdi already had his agent account closed by Safaricom before the Dusit D2 hotel complex attack.

Defence lawyer Jamal Bake disclosed that Safaricom closed Mr Hassan Abdi Nur’s agent account in early January.

Without indicating the exact date when the account was closed, Mr Bake said his client had visited Safaricom headquarters thrice seeking an explanation for the closure.

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However, he said, the suspect was always told that he would be contacted, but he was not until his arrest on January 22 when he went to Safaricom House on Waiyaki Way for the fourth time.

Mr Nur is an M-Pesa agent who the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit believes received huge amounts of money through his account meant to facilitate terrorism activities in the country.

ATPU already told the court that he received Sh9 million from South Africa, withdrew about Sh5.2 million in a day, and sent it to Somalia.

While protesting against the 30 days which ATPU has requested the court to have them detained, Mr Bake insisted his client has not been linked to terrorism. However, the prosecution, through lawyer Duncan Ondimu, urged the court to consider the seriousness of the allegations against the suspects.

“Detaining these suspects will facilitate knowing other persons who facilitated the attack, hence the need to pursue all these angles; court should consider what these suspects are likely to face in case of conviction,” said Mr Ondimu.

Should Safaricom be blamed for the millions allegedly transacted by Mr. Abdi Nur?

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