MP Elachi says police officers captured in viral video taking gas cylinders returned them after demos
Dagoreti North Member of Parliament Beatrice
Elachi has come out to dismiss claims that police officers captured in a viral
video loading gas cylinders into their vehicle during Wednesday protests were
looters.
In an interview on Friday, Elachi clarified
that she was aware that the officers were only carrying the cylinders in order
to secure them from looters during the demos and not stealing them themselves as
most netizens had alleged.
She said that as soon as the demonstrations
ended, the officers returned the gas cylinders to the rightful owner.
"The police picked the cylinders and put
them in their car and were going to safeguard it and bring it back to the
owner," Elachi said in an interview with K24.
Despite the lawmaker acknowledging that some
officers may be guilty of such crimes, she confidently allayed fears and the
suspicions of the officers looting.
“I am not saying the police do not get into
crime, they do, but on this one, they picked those cylinders and have returned
them to the owner so it would be unfair," Elachi noted.
"The police have already returned the
gas cylinders to the owner.”
In the clip which circulated online for the
better part of Wednesday during the anti-government protests, about four
officers were captured loading gas cylinders into their vehicle packed by the
roadside.
Some Kenyans on social media would later
claim that the officers were stealing the cylinders, with others saying they
were only safeguarding them.
Want to send us a story? SMS to 25170 or WhatsApp 0743570000 or Submit on Citizen Digital or email wananchi@royalmedia.co.ke
Comments
No comments yet.
Leave a Comment