NAIROBI: Former Nairobi Governor has claimed that slain Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was being trailed by a Pakistani killer squad, and that Kenyan police were ‘tricked’ into shooting the Pakistani national thinking he was involved in motor vehicle theft. He claimed that Arshad Sharif was going to expose a money-laundering syndicate that operates car showrooms in Kenyan cities of Nairobi and Mombasa.
Writing a lengthy Facebook post, Ex-Governor Mike Sonko went on claiming that the money-laundering syndicate involves Pakistani politicians and members of the country’s deep state.
His remarks appeared after a larger section of Kenyan media disputed police claims about how the incident happened.
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The former Nairobi governor claims that Sharif was being trailed by a Pakistani killer squad because of an investigation he was doing that was allegedly going to expose a money-laundering syndicate that operates car showrooms in Nairobi and Mombasa.
He insisted that the government and police of Kenya should not be blamed for the death of Arshad Sharif, adding that the National Police Service (NPS) admitted that Sharif was shot by police in a case of mistaken identity after local cops in Magadi received a circular from Pangani Police Station about motor theft.
Mike Sonko wrote “Huyu journalist mmpandree the late Arshad Sharif was a wanted man in Pakistan and the killer squad, deep state and the system of Pakistan were pursuing him wherever he was going. He was about to release a documentary entitled ” Behind closed doors” which was implicating how Pakistan politicians and members of the Pakistan deep state and system launder money using international financial systems. Hizi mashowrooms mob za mandai Kanairo na Mombasani ziko na doo zao mingi ambazo at the same time in a very big boost to our economy coz they pay a lot of taxes and wameandika wakenya wengi.”
He further wrote “Why I’m saying our junior police officers who were manning the Nairobi-Magadi highway roadblock are innocent? Gari ya kina huyu journalist was circulated kwa radio calls za police wrote as a stollen vehicle and it was believed the occupants were dangerous and heavily armed. When our good police officers were alerted, the vehicle was approaching the roadblock, wrote waliji prepare as usual na kustop hiyo gari but the late journalist and his driver ignored police orders to stop and instead sped up which forced the police to open fire while chasing the car. I think we all still remember the Westgate and Dusit terror attacks very vividly hebu tufikirie vile terrorists waliingia kwa hizi buildings na kulikuwa na presence ya polisi?”
