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IPOA told the Senate that CCTVs at Nairobi Central Police Station had been deliberately disconnected before Albert Ojwang?s death

Vice Chair Anne Wanjiku said the system powered back on when plugged in, confirming it had not been faulty

She revealed that no footage from the night of Ojwang?s death was found, raising suspicion of tampering or manual erasure

IPOA said forensic experts were working to determine whether the missing data was erased or the hard disk physically removed

Didacus Malowa, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Nairobi - New revelations from the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) have raised fresh concerns over possible tampering with critical evidence in the death of 31-year-old blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang while in police custody.

IPOA Vice Chairperson Anne Wanjiku at a past official meeting. Photo: IPOA.

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Appearing before the Senate on Wednesday, June 11, IPOA Vice Chairperson Anne Wanjiku told lawmakers that the CCTV system at Nairobi?s Central Police Station, where Ojwang died, was not faulty on the fateful day.

The oversight authority, through Wanjiku, explained that the cameras in the facility seemed to have been deliberately disabled.

"CCTV, which in our report we have indicated was tampered with and from forensic reports, the forensic experts that you have at the authority. It's very clear that the CCTV was working because the first thing the forensic expert and the investigating officer noted when they got into Central Police Station was that the power cable of the CCTV was not connected to the socket. But on connecting it, the CCTV came back, but on trying to review the previous day's events, there was nothing," Wanjiku said.

How will IPOA recover missing footage?

According to IPOA, once the power was restored, the system powered back on, confirming it was functional.

Wanjiku explained, however, when the team tried to retrieve footage from the previous day, the night Ojwang died, there was no data.

IPOA explained that they were making efforts to retrieve the missing videos. Photo: Mzalendo.

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She said experts were still working to determine whether the footage was manually erased or if the hard disk was removed.

"So, it is very clear that the CCTV was tampered with and we have referred the same to an expert to be able to retrieve the data and on whether the retrieval will be successful, we depend on if it was the hard disk that was removed or it was just erased. So, we are waiting for that," she added.

What happened to Ojwang' after arrest?

This disclosure adds a disturbing layer to an already controversial case that has sparked national outrage.

Ojwang was arrested in Homa Bay and transported to Nairobi on June 7, and upon arrival at Central Police Station around 9:17pm, he called his wife to assure her he had arrived safely.

That phone call was made at 9:24pm, just eleven minutes before he was booked in the Occurrence Book (OB).

Hours later, in the early morning of June 8, police officers said they found Ojwang unconscious in his cell. He was rushed to Mbagathi Hospital at 1:39am but was declared dead on arrival.

Initial reports from the police suggested that Ojwang may have killed himself by hitting his head against the wall.

However, a post-mortem carried out by a team of government pathologists revealed that he had suffered blunt force trauma, internal head injuries, signs of neck compression, and multiple injuries on his lips, suggesting foul play.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.

Source: TUKO.co.ke