Collins Jumaisi: Gigiri Police Station Declared Crime Scene After Escape Of Mukuru Killings Suspect

• Collins Jumaisi and 12 other suspects believed to be Eritreans escaped from Gigiri Police Station on Tuesday, August 20
• Police Constable Gerald Mutuku said the suspects cut through the wire mesh at the basking bay and scaled the station's perimeter wall
• As search operations continue, the highly guarded police station has been declared a crime scene

Nancy Odindo, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics, news, and feature stories across digital and print media in Kenya.

Nairobi - The prime suspect in the Mukuru Kwa Njenga killings, Collins Jumaisi, has escaped from Gigiri Police Station.

Jumaisi escaped alongside 12 other detainees believed to be Eritreans, who were being held in his cell for illegal immigration.

How did Collins Jumaisi, other suspects escape?

On Tuesday, August 20, Police Constable Gerald Mutuku, who was conducting routine cell checks with the canteen manager to serve breakfast, discovered that the suspects had escaped.

They had cut through the wire mesh at the basking bay and scaled the perimeter wall.

Following the escape, the police station has been declared a crime scene and investigations are underway.

Meanwhile, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has reported that Jumaisi confessed to murdering 42 women and disposing of their bodies in the Kware dumping site, just 100 meters from his residence and close to the Kware Police Station.

8 Gigiri police officers interdicted

In other news, eight police officers, including the OCPD and OCS, were interdicted and arrested after the 13 suspects successfully found their way out.

Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli revealed that the preliminary probe showed the incident was an inside job.

With search operations still ongoing to investigate potential leads regarding the escapees' location, Masengeli committed that the eight individuals would be subject to the full force of the law if the findings implicate their participation in the incident.

What else you need to know about Collins Jumaisi

• A section of Kenyans expressed anger after Jumaisi escaped from the highly guarded station
• Jumaisi's supposed relatives denied knowing him, citing discrepancies in names
• The suspect earlier claimed that he was tortured and molested by police officers to confess to the killings

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