CCTV footage presented in Albert Ojwang murder trial shows suspect with stained hand, another carrying belt
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The Independent Policing Oversight Authority IPOA presented 489 gigabytes of recovered CCTV footage to the Kibera Law Courts on Tuesday, July 21, in the case of blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang, who died inside Nairobi Central Police Station. Joshua Mutua, IPOA's head of forensics, testified that the footage shows Ojwang arriving at the station at 9:23 PM on June 7, 2025. Officers, including former OCS Samson Talaam, Inspector Samuel Nganga, PC James Mukhwana, PC Peter Kimani, and Officer Evelyn Kanyiri, are seen moving in and out of the OCS office. The recordings show Ojwang on his mobile phone before being taken to the reporting office. Later, Mukhwana, an unidentified man, remandee John Ngige, and another man in a Maasai shuka are repeatedly shown near the cell block, which was identified as the crime scene, appearing to avoid CCTV cameras. At 10:56 PM, Ngige emerged from the alleged crime scene with what appeared to be blood on one hand and a dark cloth. Separately, Brian Murioki was seen holding what appeared to be a belt. In the early hours of June 8, at 1:20 AM, four police officers wearing blue gloves were captured carrying what IPOA described as a lifeless body, with Talaam allegedly leading them. The body was then loaded into a police vehicle and taken to Mbagathi Hospital, where Ojwang was pronounced dead. Six individuals, including former OCS Samson Talaam, officers James Mukhwana and Peter Kimani, and civilians John Ngige Gitau, Jim Ambao, and Brian Njue, were a
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