Detectives have arrested a Mombasa-based TikToker in connection with what
they termed a seditious video that was widely circulated on TikTok on August 1,
2025.
Shedrack Omondi Okindo, alias Hon. Mosquito, was
arrested in the Miritini area of Mombasa County following the publication of
the video in which he was defending three former security agents now under
arrest, police said.
The clip, which DCI alleges contained threats of
violence and incitement against public order, quickly went viral.
DCI claim the clip has triggered public concern, prompting swift action from
security agencies.
Following forensic leads, DCI say they trailed Okindo to his alleged
hideout, where he was nabbed and taken into custody.
DCI said a subsequent search of his residence
revealed two pairs of tactical combat fatigues, a notebook with the writings,
"We are going to apply guerrilla resistance tactics – Justice to all
freedom heroes," three mobile phones, assorted documents linked to the
Justice Direction Party, among other items, police said.
Okindo was taken into custody and is undergoing processing as he awaits his
court appearance.
This happened even as detectives from the Directorate of Criminal
Investigations (DCI) on Friday arrested police officer Hiram Kimathi at his
residential house in the Kambakia area of Makutano, Meru County.
It is not clear if Kimathi is still a serving police officer.
He had declined a transfer to Turkana in a
standoff. His arrest was to claims that he and two others formed an anti-police
brutality group dubbed Fighting Brutality and Impunity (FBI).
He was presented before a Kahawa West Law
Court on Monday, where police sought permission to hold him further pending
investigations.
The other leaders – Jackson Kuria Kimani,
alias Cop Shakur, and former Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer Patrick Osoi –
are also already in custody.
A court ordered that they be detained for 14 days pending investigations
into various claims of terrorism.
DCI officers, backed by local police, camped
at Kimathi’s residence since mid-morning before he willingly came out.
Police said they had been looking for Kimathi
over the issue.
He faces charges under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012, and for having
a firearm, among other offences.
The arrest comes days after Osoi was
apprehended and arraigned at the Kahawa Law Court last Wednesday.
In his posts, the suspect expressed his desire
to vie for the presidency in the 2027 elections through the FBI movement.
Aside from working in the KDF, Osoi is a
United States Army veteran and also claims to be a former National Intelligence
Service (NIS) officer.
According to a notice of motion filed by the
DCI during his arraignment on Wednesday, Osoi was accused of forming the FBI
group alongside Cop Shakur and Kimathi, and that they sought to recruit current
and former officers to fight 'illegal orders.'
Osoi is expected to face charges of preparing
to commit a felony, possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition without a
certificate, and offences related to terrorism recruitment and facilitation.
Cop
Shakur was nabbed on Wednesday when he went to the Kahawa Law Courts to stand
in solidarity with Osoi during his arraignment.
They were presented in court on Thursday, where the court directed that they
be held for 14 days pending investigations. They deny the claims.
