Lawyer Ahmednasir announces Sakaja aide Osman Khalif finally released after 'brutal torture'

Former South C MCA and Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja's key liaison officer Osman Khalif Abdi has finally been released following his kidnapping at a Nairobi mall on November 10, 2023.

This is according to Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi, who made the announcement in a post on X platform (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday evening.

Ahmednasir, posting alongside a photo of himself and Osman after a meeting in his office, accused a “powerful politician” of being behind the latter's kidnapping.

The constitutional lawyer said the unnamed politician sent a few rogue police officers to abduct and torture Osman, for reasons that he failed to disclose.

“Osman visited me in my law chambers today and narrated his heart-wrenching ordeal. They held him for 8 days and tortured him brutally,” stated Ahmednasir.

“Apparently, this powerful politician has special policemen from his tribe under his command and are independent of the normal police command structure.”

The outspoken advocate further urged President William Ruto to come out and address the recent spate of abductions under his administration, further calling for an independent probe into Osman’s kidnapping.

“This is a very worrying trend and President William Ruto must come openly and address this troublesome event of Mr. Osman and tell Kenyans why they are being abducted,” he stated.

“It is worrying because Kenyans are being abducted, held for weeks, tortured, and then released. Mr. Osman's case must be independently investigated and his abductors brought to book.”

Osman was allegedly taken by five gunmen inside a mall in Westlands, by assailants using a double-cabin vehicle.