• Erica Muiruri, the daughter of media personality Ciku Muiruri, and her friend Shanice Agose were on Sunday evening rescued in Thika
• This happened eight days after they were kidnapped in Westlands, Nairobi
• The two, who were kidnapped at Rhapta road in Westlands by a taxi driver were found in a house in Mang’u, Gatundu North Constituency
Erica Muiruri, the daughter of media personality Ciku Muiruri, and her friend Shanice Agose were on Sunday evening rescued in Thika, eight days after they were kidnapped in Westlands, Nairobi.
Mugshots of Samuel Kipkurui (Left) and Timothy Kiragu Ng’ang’a, suspects arrested over the kidnapping of Erica Muiruri and Shanice Agose
The two, who were kidnapped at Rhapta road in Westlands by a taxi driver were found ‘visibly weak and shaken’ in a one-room house in Mang’u, Gatundu North Constituency.
DCI detectives from Thika West stormed the house, rescued the women and arrested two suspects Timothy Kiragu Ng’ang’a (34) and Samuel Kipkurui (33) at Ngoigwa area in Thika.
“Upon conducting a quick search, a recovery of Erica Njeri’s phone was done wrapped in a foil paper. After they were interviewed, they led detectives to Mang’u Gatukuyu area in Gatundu North where they had rented a single room and kept the victims,” a police report said.
Police say the victims were rescued alive but visibly weak and shaken.
The kidnappers had demanded a Ksh.250,000 ransom from both parents. The girls are believed to have been fed mandazi and water.
On Sunday, Erica and Shanice were reunited with their relieved parents and rushed to hospital for medical check-up.
Hours after they had been kidnapped, Ciku Muiruri took to Facebook to share the harrowing story of how her daughter Erica and her friend Shanice were abducted by a taxi driver.
“…I have a very special favour to ask each and every one of you. In the early hours of Sunday morning (2am), my daughter and a friend of hers were abducted by a taxi driver,” she wrote.
She is yet to update on the successful return of her child and her friend.
