A former Nation sports journalist was on Saturday afternoon kidnapped, tortured and beaten senseless before being dumped near Kamiti Maximum Prison by people who claimed to be police officers. After withdrawing the money, they were accosted by four middle aged men who identified themselves as police officers from the dreaded Kwekwe Squad complete with police identification cards. “They nearly strangled me to death and warned me of dire consequences if I ever reported the incident,” the journalist said. When they reported the matter at Kasarani Police Station, officers on duty were reluctant to take their statement. “To our utter shock, when we went to report the matter at Kasarani Police Station, no officer was willing to help.

Source: Daily Nation February 26, 2017 15:19 UTC