Agutu was taken into custody on Wednesday, September 30, after he was accused of being part of a gang which allegedly impersonated EACC and KRA officers to abduct a businessman in Nairobi.
The court heard that Agutu alongside two other suspects demanded a Ksh2 million bribe from the businessman.
Godwins Agutu who is the Network Action Against Corruption Director featured in an expose aired by NTV alleging widespread misuse of Covid-19 funds and material donations from Jack Ma Foundation.
Agutu was arrested alongside Alex Mutua and Ken Kimathi
“Using two Prados with registration numbers GKB 070B and KCY 280Q, the three suspects; Godwins Otieno Agutu, Alex Mutua Mutuku and Ken Gichovi Kimathi, alongside, three others who are still at large, stormed the victim’s offices within Nairobi on September 26, 2020, after which they took his laptop and left,” a statement from the DCI stated.
The three escapees are said to be KRA officers namely; Houdouvia Njoroge, Harrison Ochar and Brian Kimemia.
Investigators added that three days later, the suspects reportedly abducted the said businessman, bundled him in a vehicle baring government number plates and drove him to Lutheran House along Nyerere road.
“The victim was forced to contact his family members to get the amount, but only managed to raise Ksh 500,000 where the suspects escorted him to his house at Westlands in Nairobi and took the cash,” the statement read.
However “Investigations were launched where the three suspects were nabbed at the said Lutheran House, further establishing that the registration number GKB 070B belonged to a Land Rover Discovery attached to the Judiciary,” he said.
