• Dennis Karani Gachoki claimed he is innocent and only met Muvota twice, once in Meru and in Nairobi.
• Muvota 40, was fatally shot by a lone gunman on Mirema Drive in Kasarani, Nairobi County on May 16 shortly after dropping off a friend.
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A man accused of killing Samuel Mugoh Muvota in Mirema, Nairobi surrendered to police Monday in a dramatic turn of events.
Dennis Karani Gachoki claimed he is innocent and only met Muvota twice, once in Meru and in Nairobi.
He surrendered to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters accompanied by a lawyer.
“I am innocent and I will prove this. I didn’t kill the man they say I killed,” Gachoki said.
"I have never communicated to Muvota, we have never done business together or anything money related."
He said he felt that his life was in danger hence to move to surrender.
He also confirmed that he has an ongoing court case in Meru where he was accused of receiving money acquired through fraudulent means.
Gachoki who said he has been in Nakuru added that he learnt he was wanted by police on Friday through a friend.
“Someone who recognized my photo alerted me that I was wanted. I have not known peace since then,” he said.
He also denied any involvement in the stupefying business.
Gachoki who spoke to the media said he did not have the deceased's contacts and the last time they met was in March last year.
Detectives took Gachoki who hails from Kirinyaga County, for further grilling.
On Friday last week, detectives said Gachoki was armed and dangerous and was suspected to be in possession of a firearm that was snatched from a stupefied police officer, after a round of drinks at a popular joint in Mombasa, in November, 2020.
They said efforts by detectives to arrest him had been futile since he was well loaded and influenced rogue cops who tipped him off once an operation for his arrest has been launched, Directorate of Criminal Investigations said.
Police said Gachoki had recently had a fallout with his boss Muvota over sharing of proceeds from their “pishori trade” and beautiful women who would first pay with their flesh before being enlisted to the mafia-style organisation.
This among other beefs are suspected to have led to a bitter fallout leading to Monday’s daylight murder of Muvota, who left behind seven grieving widows and countless children.
Muvota 40, was fatally shot by a lone gunman on Mirema Drive in Kasarani, Nairobi County on May 16 shortly after dropping off a friend.
Owners of three of seven documents found in the man’s Honda CR-V said in their police reports that they were victims of drugging.
According to police, all of them were stupefied at nightclubs within Kasarani and Kahawa West areas on different dates between May 14 and May 16.
DCI findings revealed skeletons in the man’s dark life dating as far back as 2011, when Muvota started stealing from victims at ATM’s in various banks and graduated to a full time thug who hired beautiful, expensive-looking women and deployed them as drinks spiking agents at various high end entertainment spots.