Nandi businessman is accusing EACC officers of stealing money from him while he queued in a bank waiting to deposit it.
Dominic Barchigei alleges that he had been approached by three men while queuing in the bank who frisked Ksh 449,000 from his pockets.
He says that the officers wrongly accused him of handling “suspect property” and locked him up in Nandi Central Police Station in Kapsabet for a day.
“The three men who identified themselves as EACC officers accosted me as I lined up waiting to deposit my money. They led me to an office within the bank and searched all my pockets and took all my money totalling Ksh449,000,” said Dominic.
He says that he earned the money after successfully supplying timber to a yard in Kisumu, adding that he had been paid the money in two installments of 100,000 and 350,000 before heading to the bank.
“I have written multiple statements to the DCI following my police report over the events surrounding my arrest and loss of my money. I have requested that the EACC take me to court or provide me with a list of complainants against me and my money,” Barchigei added.
He also indicated that he was summoned at the EACC Eldoret offices, where he alleges that he was coerced into signing a document he was not well conversant with and to accept that he was grabbed sh 99,150 from him instead of sh.449,000.
“They said I was lying (about the Sh449,000) and threatened to impose a fine of Ksh1 million on me,” noted Dominic.
Nandi County Criminal Investigation Officer Sammy Mukeku, on his part, said that Dominic’s claims are still under investigation as he has also pleaded with the officers to take him to court in order to solve the issue. Dominic has gone ahead and written to the DCI to investigate the matter.
“The case under investigation is a counterclaim from Mr. Barchigei. I cannot, however, divulge more details because the matter is still under active investigation,” he commented.