Tuesday was just no ordinary day in Kenya. It is a day that all but confirmed the rot in our banking sector after police nabbed 17 billion shillings in fake currenct at Barclays Bank’s Queensway Branch.
Flying squad officers and DCI detectives camped at the bank for the better part of the afternoon as they tried to gather evidence and much needed information to help probe the whole saga.
After everything, 6 arrests were made.
Barclays bank in a statement had confirmed that the safe belonged to a customer with the bank and that it did know it’s contents since that was not within it’s mandate.
Well, it has now emerged that the man behind the fake money scam is Eric Adede, alias Dr Eric Otieno Adede (daktari)
Adede claims to be a city lawyer, according to his social media profile.
He vied for chairmanship of Gor Mahia Football Club against advocate Ambrose Rachier in 2014.
Adede also claims to be legal consultant at Colliers International.
He also describes himself as executive director at Khulisa Solutions
Contested Homa Bay Constituency parliamentary seat in 2017.
Adede is the owner of the private safe deposit at Barclays Bank Queensway Branch where the 2m fake dollars were found.
He was arrested alongside two women and an Asian man.