Former CS Rashid Echesa’s co-accused Chrispine Oduor has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding a businesswoman of Sh810,000.
Police from Directorate of Criminal Investigations pounced on Oduor as he left the courtroom for the Sh39 billion fake arms trial on Thursday.
Oduor, a director of Pzel Company Limited, allegedly received Sh11.5 million kickback on behalf of Echesa and other suspects in the Sh39 billion fake arms scandal.
Odour is accused of obtaining Sh810,000 from Joyce Bosibori pretending he could supply to her lift repair spare parts.
He is also sought after by Kilimani detectives over another case of fraud involving Sh14 million.
The detectives from DCl are said to have handcuffed him, taken him to the court cells before driving him away to Ongata Rongai police station for further interrogation.
The officers had camped at Milimani Law court on Thursday morning awaiting for Odour to conclude the mention of the Sh39 billion case before senior principal magistrate Kenneth Cheruiyot.
However, the Sh39 billion case has been adjourned until August 13 since the prosecution were not ready to proceed with the case.
Echesa was present in court.
In June Former Sports CS Rashid Echesa's fake arms deal was heard in camera for security reasons.
This was after the prosecution asked the court to allow two witnesses to be heard in camera.
Senior principal magistrate Kenneth Cheruiyot was informed that two witnesses from the Department of Defence had classified information.
Previously, the court heard that Echesa never met Deputy President William Ruto at Harambee Annex on the day he was arrested in connection with the Sh39.5 billion fake arms deal.
Witnesses who testified said Ruto was not in his Harambee Annex office at the time.
Echesa has been charged with conspiracy to commit a felony. He is accused of conspiring to make a document with intent to defraud in the multibillion-shilling fake arms deal.
The former CS has been charged alongside Daniel Omondi alias General Juma, Clifford Onyango, Chrispine Oduor and Kennedy Mboya with six counts of making a false document.
They are also alleged to have obtained Sh11.5 million from Kozlowski Stanley Bruno by purporting that they would award him a tender to supply military equipment.
The case will be mentioned on August 13.
(Edited by Bilha Makokha)
