Mandera Chief arrested for aiding terrorism through illegal processing of Kenyan IDs

Detectives in Mandera have arrested Bula Power Sub Location Assistant Chief Yussuf Maalim Issak for allegedly enabling terrorism by allowing illegal aliens to acquire Kenyan Identity Cards.

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the administrator is said to have been linked with two recently arrested terror suspects accused of planning the abduction of foreign nationals working at a sewer line construction site within Mandera township.

The two suspects arrested on Tuesday were Isaac Mohammed Abdi and Noor Yakub Ali.

“The administrator is suspected to have facilitated the procurement of an acknowledgement for registration slip /ID waiting card for the terror suspects who were arrested while planning the abduction of a team of foreign nationals engaged in the construction of a sewer line in Mandera town,” read the statement.

The assistant chief has since been processed and is being detained as detectives conclude their investigations.

In the Tuesday arrest, Isaac Abdi Mohamed aka Kharan Abdi Hassan was identified as the prime suspect who recently sneaked into the country from El-Adde in Somalia.

Upon interrogation, it was discovered that the suspect was to pay Ksh.100,000 to his local associate, who would assist in the abduction.

This was before he would, alongside Noor, move the victims to El-Adde at a fee of Ksh.300,000.

Yacob Ali was cornered and arrested at Metameta area in Mandera; with the two due in court over terrorism-related charges.