A police officer has been accused of robbing Sh40,000
from an MPesa agent's shop at gun point in Roysambu, Nairobi on Monday morning.
A bodaboda rider who sought anonymity said the officer attached to Kasarani police division
was armed with a pistol during the
9 am
incident.
The MPesa shop owner
said the officer posed as a client who wanted to withdraw Sh50,000.
"I told him I only had Sh40, 000 cash. He brandished a pistol and grabbed the money and varnished on foot," the shop owner said.
Boda boda riders pursued the officer who vanished into Kasarani police station. A rider said the officer who
was in plain clothes
wore a hood.
Kasarani OCPD Robinson Mboloi confirmed the suspect is his officer.
"It is true he is a police officer at Kasarani and we have started investigations, " Mboloi said. He said the officer has disappeared.
Mboloi said the shop owner has recorded a statement.
Recently armed robbers stole unknown amount of money from an MPesa shop in Roysambu.
Two people sustained gunshot wounds while one was shot dead during the robbery.
