Two suspects believed to have been deployed to the solitary cell where the slain blogger and influencer Albert Ojwang was being held for an alleged planned assault have been presented before the Kibera law courts.
The two were presented in court Monday afternoon, where IPOA is expected to seek more time to detain them.
The two are said to have been suspects in the cells at the Central police station over different crimes when they were picked up and tasked to beat up Ojwang for information.
They told the Independent Policing Oversight Authority they were taken to the cell where Ojwang was held for the mission.
This was after some of the suspects in custody had been freed by the same police officers to create room for the holding of Ojwang in solitary.
One of the officers under arrest is said to have even provided them with a riot baton that they used in the mission.
After the victim collapsed in the cells, the three were freed.
They were arrested after investigations linked them to the murder, and they are expected in court on Monday, June 16, IPOA officials said.
This came as police and officials from IPOA said they cannot trace two other police officers wanted over the murder.
They were on duty at the station on June 7 when the incident happened.
The arrest of the civilians marks another step in the probe into the tragedy that has caused national fury.
So far, police have questioned more than 20 people in connection with the murder of Ojwang. They include 17 police officers and six civilians.
Two police officers, including the Officer Commanding Station Samson Talam and Constable James Mukhwana, have been arrested over the murder of Ojwang.
They are accused of participating in or facilitating the murder. Talam spent his weekend at the Langata police cells, where he once served as the deputy station commander.
Ojwang was arrested in his Homa Bay home over claims of false publication and brought to Nairobi, where he was booked and later clobbered to death.
He died on June 7, hours after his arrest and detention in the cells.
