MANDERA, Kenya – Anti-terrorism detectives have arrested Yussuf Maalim Issak, the Assistant Chief of Bula Power Sub-Location in Mandera Township, over allegations of aiding terror suspects in illegally obtaining Kenyan identification documents.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Issak is accused of facilitating the processing of an ID registration slip for two foreign nationals, Isack Mohammed Abdi and Noor Yakub Ali, who are suspected of terrorism.
The suspects were apprehended while allegedly plotting to abduct a group of foreign workers involved in a sewer line construction project in Mandera town.
BULA POWER SUB LOCATION ASSISTANT CHIEF ARRESTED FOR ENABLING TERRORISMAnti-terrorism detectives drawn from the Mandera detachment have arrested Yussuf Maalim Issak, the Assistant chief of Bula power sub location in Mandera Township in connection with his involvement in an…
Security agencies say they are intensifying efforts to dismantle networks that enable terrorism in the region.
Authorities have assured residents and workers in Mandera of their commitment to maintaining security in the area.
The arrest comes two days after two suspected members of the Al Shabaab terror group were arrested in Mandera for allegedly plotting to abduct foreign workers at a sewer construction site within Mandera township.
Isaac Abdi Mohamed, also known as Kharan Abdi Hassan, had reportedly sneaked into Kenya from El-Ade, Somalia.
Investigations reveal he had planned to pay Ksh. 100,000 to a local accomplice to facilitate the kidnapping.
The abducted victims were then to be smuggled into Somalia for a ransom of Ksh. 300,000.
The second suspect, Noor Yacob Ali, was arrested in Mandera’s Metameta area as authorities intensified their crackdown on terrorist activities in the region.
Issak and the two suspects are currently in custody and are expected to face terrorism-related charges under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).
