- The case was reported by multiple sources, including the ODPP, Internal Affairs Unit of the police, as well as suspect's friends.
- The agency has further recommended that a different set of four police officers be charged with murder and manslaughter.
A Nairobi chief magistrate's court has ordered the arrest of four police officers to face charges of kidnapping and murdering a suspect.
Ipoa announced on Thursday that police officers Francis Gitonga, Carlistus Apalla, Samwel Makori and Alex Munene will be charged for storming the house of a suspect, kidnapping him and disappearing him.
The quartet are alleged to have stormed the house of Philip Ondiro in Kiamaiko, Huruma in Nairobi and forcibly pulled him out before bundling him into the boot of a car and speeding off.
The incident happened on February 1, 2015. Six years on, Ondiro's whereabouts are yet to be established.
Ipoa said the case was reported by multiple sources, including the ODPP, Internal Affairs Unit of the police, as well as Ondiro's friends.
"Ipoa's investigations established the incident amounted to criminal culpability and recommended to the ODPP, the prosecution of officers suspected of involvement," Ipoa said.
"The ODPP concurred with the authority's recommendation that the four officers be charged with the offence of abducting in order to murder."
The alleged offence is contrary to Section 258 of the penal code.
The development comes barely a day after the agency recommended on Wednesday that a different set of four police officers be charged with murder and manslaughter in relation to deaths that occurred during the 2013 and 2017 elections.
Sergeant Charles Mwakio and Corporal Julia Kimbiyo will be charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of Leonard Mramba in Korogocho slums, Nairobi, on August 15, 2013.
It also said police constable Lewis Nguyo Msuya will be charged with murder in relation to the shooting of Said Muktar Ibrahim in Kisauni, Mombasa on November 12, 2017.
Ipoa said Mramba's death has been the subject of an inquest at the magistrate's court and a ruling on Tuesday upheld the evidence it had adduced, putting the two officers to stand trial.