By Reporter
Former Isiolo County officer for Health, Abdirahman Mohamed, the man at the center of woes facing Governor Abdi Guyo has for the first time narrated the ordeal he allegedly went through under the hands of the county chief.
Mohamed who says he lost his licensed firearm, some amounts of money and suffered injuries inflicted on him by Guyo and his team, says there is overwhelming evidence implicating the governor to his abduction and torture on June 13, 2025.
Speaking to journalists two days after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga ordered for the arrest and subsequent prosecution of Guyo over the abduction and torture, Mohamed narrated how the county chief had traced their entourage all the way from Nakuru to Machakos on the fateful day.
Ingonga while directing the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to arrest Guyo, said CCTV evidence placed Guyo at the scene in Outbark Hotel in Maanzoni, Machakos County, where he allegedly instructed his men to abduct Abdirahman at the height of his impeachment in June.
In his statement released on Friday, Ingonga said that Guyo’s team, acting on his instructions, allegedly disarmed and assaulted Mohamed before forcing him into a vehicle. He was later blindfolded, beaten and abandoned in the Ruai Sewage area.
During the incident, Mohamed lost a licensed Glock pistol with 15 rounds, an iPhone 16, KSh70,000 in cash and other personal items.
“CCTV footage from the hotel placed the governor and the other suspects at the scene,” said the ODPP.
Other suspects facing charges of of kidnapping with intent to cause grievous harm and robbery with violence alongside Guyo include Abdullahi Jaldesa Banticah, Dade Boru, Abdirashid Ali Diba, Abdinur Dima Jillo, Ahmed Duale, Josephat Mwangi Komu and Yusuf Maina.
But Guyo has since denied the assertions by the DPP even as he sought a court injunction restraining barring anybody from arresting, harassing, charging, or otherwise interfering with the case pending the hearing and determination of his application on matters to do with the alleged offence of robbery with violence contrary to Section 296(2) of the Penal Code and the offence of kidnapping contrary to Section 259 of the Penal Code.
The governor has denied being at the scene of the crime and dared the DPP to produce the purported CCTv footage placing him at the center of the incident as he insisted that upon leaving Nakuru, he headed straight to his residence.
Guyo claims the incident is part of political schemes hatched by his enemies in a bid to kick him out of office.
But yesterday, Mohamed insisted that the governor had trailed their entourage comprising the County Assembly Speaker Mohamed Roba, County Assembly Clerk Salad Boru Gulacha and 16 MCAs from Nakuru where they had gone to strategise on Guyo’s impeachment.
Upon reaching Outbark Hotel in Maanzoni at around 2am, Mohamed says he was approached by four individuals known to him, among them the County Secretary, who informed him that the governor wanted to see him.
“Not aware of his intention, I followed the County Secretary to the corner of the hotel where the governor was sitting. But no sooner had I reached before him than he instructed his people to immediately disarm me. They also beat me up before handcuffing me,” Mohamed narrated.
The former county health officer who says he was one of Guyo’s chief campaigners in 2022 before falling out with him, claims he was immediately bundled into a station wagon car that raced towards Mombasa Road.
As he was being bundled into the car, his colleagues, led by Roba, called the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat who immediately instructed local officers to launch investigations.
Mohamed says he was driven to an area near Ruai where he was beaten up before being dumped in the sewage.
“The whole ordeal lasted between 2am and 5am before I was rescued by some Maasai guard whom I then asked to call my family members. I was taken to a private hospital facility in Ruai where I was admitted for a full week,” he says.
He says the injuries left him with metal plates inserted in his body that to date impacts negatively on his lifestyle.
“All that I am interested in is seeing justice being meted on Guyo and his people. His claims that I abducted myself are baseless and utter nonsense. I was a victim of crime, and the law must take its course,” says Mohamed.
Asked why Guyo targeted him, Mohamed says he is yet to comprehend why his former boss, and political ally could turn against him with such brutality.
“They kidnapped and beat me in the full glare of several people outside the hotel who have collaborated with the DCI through their statements. We even have images and documents from the Expressway showing his vehicle going through the road on the fateful night,” Mohamed says.
