Police could have made a major breakthrough in the Sh39 billion fake arms tender following the arrest of a Kenyan pilot said to be a principal player.
Subow Mohamed Ahmed, a pilot with a local aviation firm based at Wilson Airport, was nabbed by detectives on Saturday upon his arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Detectives probing the multi-bil- lion military equipment scandal on Sunday confirmed to the Star that Ahmed’s arrest would now expedite the ongoing investigations.
An officer aware of the progress of the investigations said the pilot had been on the police radar for the last one month after the scan- dal exploded.
The pilot had allegedly flown in from a Middle East country amid reports he had been hiding in one of the countries there where his close relative works as a Kenyan diplomat.
“He was definitely a man under the radar. We had a red alert on him. He had managed to extend his stay abroad to evade arrest but he actually knew his days were num- bered,” the officer said.
According to a preliminary anal ysis by the detectives, Ahmed was part of the masterminds of the scam that led to the arrest of former
Police arrested Echesa moments after he left Depu ty President William Ruto’s office where the deal was supposed to be signed.
