NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 21- An aircraft engineer with the National Police Service has been hailed after she rescued two abducted girls.
Chief Inspector Justine Ouya had just landed from a troops resupply mission when she encountered the two girls while in the company of the suspect- a man.
The girls are aged 3 and 4 years according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
“The innocent angels had been lured from their home as they played by one Jackson Mutinda,” the DCI said in a statement.
“They were walking with the minors towards Karen’s direction. After observing him and the little girls briefly, her intuition as a police officer coupled with her motherly instincts led her to be suspicious. She immediately stopped the man and interrogated him.”
After a brief interrogation, she established that the man was not their father as he had alleged.
Chief Inspector Ouya immediately restrained the man and raised the duty officer based at Wilson Airport, who responded with a contingent of officers instantly.
After interrogating the abductor, the DCI said, “it was discovered that he had lured the little angels from their home in Muthurwa, promising to buy them a soda. The officers immediately set off for Muthurwa, in search of the parents to the minors. “
After a few hours, the distraught parents of the two girls identified as Judy Nyakio and Teresia Njeri, were finally traced, desperately looking for their missing girls.
“As they were reunited with their beautiful angels, the two parents could not hold back tears of joy thanking God for the miracle of seeing their babies alive and the officers for bringing them back home,” the DCI said.
The suspect was held at Langata police station where he was processed for arraignment on Child Trafficking charges.
“The Directorate of Criminal Investigations thanks C. I Ouya for going beyond the call of duty and rescuing the little angels from the jaws of their captor,” reads a statement by the DCI.
The DCI has urged Kenyans to be vigilant and to report any suspicious activity by dialing their toll-free line 0800722203.
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