Men who stripped naked and robbed pastor planning Benny Hinn crusade arrested

 

Three individuals who stripped naked and robbed a Pastor on Thursday last week have been arrested.

The suspects had abducted the Pastor who was among the planning committee for the Benny Hinn concert scheduled for Nyayo Stadium.

The Pastor had left the venue and was cornered by the three men who abducted him, stripped him naked, and demanded he transfer them money from his Mpesa or else they would leak his pictures online.

DCI detectives have since updated the arrest of the men who robbed the pastor of his phone and cash on Thursday night around Nyayo National Stadium.

"Three robbery suspects reported to have abducted and robbed a pastor of his phone and cash Thursday night as he walked to a restaurant near the Nyayo National Stadium have been arrested.

Bernard Mbunga Mbusu, Alphonce Munyau and Samuel Musembi Kamito were arrested at their respective residents in Syokimau, Kitengela and Kamito in an operation led by the DCI Nairobi Area Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau detectives backed up by their Lang'ata counterparts," DCI stated in a statement.

Bernard Mbunga Mbusu, Alphonce Munyau, and Samuel Musembi were arrested at their respective residences in Syokimau, Kitengela, and Athi River.

The victim, a pastor at the Christ Church, was heading for dinner after spending a whole day planning for the Benny Hinn crusade set to be held at the Nyayo Stadium when three men accosted him and bundled him in a waiting saloon car.

Once in the car, the pastor was stripped naked and photos of him were taken before the suspects forced him to reveal his M-PESA pin, lest the photos be uploaded on his social media platforms.

"According to the victim who's a pastor at the Christ Church, he was heading for dinner after a beehive of activities planning for the forthcoming Benny Hinn crusade set to be held at the Nyayo National Stadium, when three men accosted him and bundled him in a waiting saloon car.

Once in the car, the man of the cloth reported to have been stripped naked and photos of him taken before he was forced to reveal his Mpesa pin lest the photos be uploaded on his social media platforms. Complying under duress, Sh55,000 was transferred to one of the suspect's phones and thereafter he was released," DCI added.

The pastor fearing an exposé, transferred sh55,0000 to the phone numbers of one of the suspects. The Pastor was then released for cooperating.

DCI says they also recovered several phones in their possession including a PDQ bank card swapping machine.

"A search conducted in his house saw three handsets recovered, including an iPhone 13 hosting the sim card which received the stolen Sh55,000 and a PDQ bank card swapping machine.

After a brief interrogation, Bernard led the team to Kitengela where his accomplice Alphonce Munyau was arrested at Stengo 1 Apartment Hse No. E4, in whose possession was the victim's phone.

Alphonce was equally interrogated, leading the team to the Katani area of Athi River where the last suspect, Samuel Musembi Kamito was nabbed. The three were escorted to Langata Police Station for custody pending arraignment on Monday." 

The three are being held at Langata Police Station and will be arraigned in court on Monday 26 Feb.

BY  MAUREEN WARUINGE