WAJIR– The Wajir Law Courts have sentenced two men to death after finding them guilty of violently robbing a boda boda rider in Wajir Township.
Senior Principal Magistrate Eric Malesi convicted Abdiaziz Ali, also known as “Odi,” and Abdiwahab Mohamed, alias “Steam Boy,” after ruling that the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.
The two were charged with robbery with violence, while Abdiaziz Ali also faced an alternative charge of handling stolen property.
According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the prosecution, led by Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Robert Nyoro, presented three witnesses and several exhibits linking the accused to the crime.
In his ruling, Magistrate Malesi held that the prosecution had presented sufficient evidence to secure a conviction.
“The prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt,” the court ruled before convicting and sentencing the two men.
The court heard that on the night of November 13, 2025, the complainant, Nesiah Thuranira, was operating his motorcycle along Baraza Park Road in Wajir Township when two men approached him pretending to be passengers.
Moments later, five other men armed with knives emerged from a nearby alley, assaulted him, threatened to kill him and robbed him of his mobile phone valued at KSh30,000.
The attackers then forced the rider to an M-Pesa shop where they demanded his M-Pesa PIN before withdrawing KSh15,000 from his mobile wallet. They also attempted to withdraw an additional KSh10,000.
The victim managed to alert the M-Pesa attendant, Josephat Kimathi, although by then the money had already been withdrawn, with an additional KSh5,000 transferred to another phone number.
Investigations established that the mobile number used in the fraudulent transactions had been registered using the identity card details of the first accused’s sister without her knowledge or consent. Detectives also recovered the complainant’s stolen mobile phone from the home of the first accused’s mother.
The two accused persons did not call any witnesses in their defence.
Following their conviction, the court sentenced both men to death and granted them 14 days to file an appeal should they wish to challenge the judgment.
