Man who lied ex-lover stole from him to remain in custody
Ibrahim Ndirangu when he appeared in the Nyeri Law Courts on October 6, 2016 accused of lying that his former lover stole from him. He is accused fabricating the lie after she ended a six-month relationship with him. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Ndirangu was arrested after he alleged that Ms Rose Wanjiru Kogu had stolen Sh165,000 from him.
- He had filed four court cases and recorded complaints in over five police stations across the country.
- In the cases, he claimed that Ms Kogu had defrauded him of Sh165,000.
- His case will be mentioned on October 10, 2015.
A court in Nyeri has granted police a week to conclude investigations on a man accused of lying that his former lover stole from.
Mr Ibrahim Ndirangu was arrested after he alleged that Ms Rose Wanjiru Kogu had stolen Sh165,000 from him.
However, it is said he fabricated the theft allegations after she ended their six-month relationship.
He was brought before Senior Resident Magistrate Philip Mutua but did not take plea as police requested for a week to conclude their investigations.
Ndirangu will, in the meantime, remain in police custody.
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) who have been trailing the man for months arrested him in an apartment in Kasarani, Nairobi.
Mr Ndirangu had filed four court cases and recorded complaints in over five police stations across the country claiming that Ms Kogu had defrauded him of Sh165,000.
The office of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), however, found that the charges were inconsistent and contradicting and recommended that he be charged.
ENDED RELATIONSHIP
After the woman ended the relationship in 2002, Ndirangu, on various occasions, allegedly accused her of theft, robbery, assault and defamation.
She would end up spending countless nights in various police cells over the past fourteen years.
Ms Kogu has also had to defend herself in various courts and insisted that the root of her troubles was ending the relationship with her jilted lover who has consistently claimed to be after the money she allegedly defrauded him.
Ndirangu told police that the woman had failed to deliver a consignment of mitumba clothes despite obtaining Sh165,000 as payment.
Mr Ndirangu is also being investigated for allegedly using fake exhibits to try and strengthen the case against the woman.
Police also revealed that Mr Ndirangu has on several occasions tried to use law enforcement officers to harass the woman by having her arrested.
His case will be mentioned on October 10, 2015.
