27 foreigners held in hunt for drug dealer

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By ZADOCK ANGIRA zangira@ke.nationmedia.com and ELISHA OTIENO elisha_otieno@yahoo.com 
Posted  Saturday, July 13   2013 at  23:30

Twenty-seven foreigners, mostly Nigerians, have been arrested in a swoop following the surreptitious return to Kenya of one of the suspected Nigerian drug traffickers deported to Nigeria last month.

Thirteen of them are to be arraigned in court on Monday on charges of being in the country illegally, said Dr Josiah Musili, head of investigations and prosecutions at the Immigration Department.

Eneke Chimenze alias Anaeke Chimezie wasdeported together with the controversial Nigerian businessman Anthony Chinedu.

But officials said an immigration officer at the Namanga border point cleared him even after the border control database indicated that the man was a prohibited immigrant.

Police have launched a manhunt for the suspect.

The new director of Immigration Services, Ms Jane Waikenda, visited the the Namanga border post on Saturday where she warned officials that stern action would be taken against those involved.

Meanwhile, an Administration policeman and his alleged lover were murdered in Migori County on Friday night.

The naked bodies of the two were found lying on the roadside in the sugarbelt town of Awendo by residents.

The killers also took he AP’s AK47 rifle loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition.

The woman was raped before being killed and both had their throats slit.

An officer investigating the incident who requested not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter said the AP had just left a night fundraiser in aid of a colleague who died in a road accident two weeks ago, when he was attacked.

“ We are aware he was having an affair with the woman, but we are approaching the investigations with an open mind,” he said.

On Saturday, police officers cordoned off estates in Awendo Town in a bid to recover the stolen firearm.

Four suspects were arrested and were being interrogated in connection with the killings.

“The government apparatus should try their best and recover the firearm because it will be used to escalate insecurity in this region,” said Awendo Town resident Mr Joachim Oloo.

The bodies were moved to the Migori District Hospital mortuary.

Residents protested on Saturday over growing insecurity.