Police arrest Garissa governor over Mosque shooting

Garissa governor Ali Bunow, (Courtesy) 

NAIROBI—The governor of Garissa was this morning taken to custody over the shooting incident last week involving former Garissa County minister.

The arrest was done at his Kilimani home early Tuesday morning in what the police say is an orchestrated plan to finish Idris Mukhtar who served in the previous Garissa administration.

Mukhtar was shot in Kileleshwa last week near the area mosque. His family said the shooting was politically motivated.

A team of detectives who visited the scene were informed the victim had gone for prayers at a nearby mosque and was leaving for his house when he was attacked on August 18.

He was walking to his car when a gunman who had been waiting at the entrance of the facility pursued him.

His family said Mukhtar had complained of threats to his life. He shared his statement in which he named possible suspects behind the threats with his lawyers.

“A gunman kept waiting at the entrance of the mosque and when he came out, he was shot and left for dead, ” a statement by the family said last week.

Idris is now fighting for his life at the ICU.

Governor Korane was taken for questioning at Nairobi DCI offices.

Among those in custody include the gunman who was involved in the shooting incident, a woman who hired a car that was used in trailing Mukhtar and a soldier.