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<\/div>Former State House aide Dennis Itumbi was allegedly abducted and assauled for supporting Ruto.<\/strong> [File, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Former digital and diaspora messaging officer at the President\u2019s office, Dennis Itumbi, took to social media on Thursday to recount his ordeal at the hands of alleged abductors.\n<\/p>\n Itumbi was allegedly kidnapped at a barbershop on Kiambu Road, Nairobi on December 23, 2021. He would, a few hours later, be found abandoned in Thindigua, Kiambu County. <\/p>\n The digital strategist, who has since shifted allegiance to Deputy President William Ruto, now claims he was abducted and assaulted for supporting the DP.\n<\/p>\n \u201cYou must change your political persuasion to match that of the boss,\u201d Itumbi claimed one of his captors, a police officer, told him after stopping off at Thindigua.<\/p>\n \u201c’Who is the boss\u2019?\u201d I shot back as they handcuffed me at the back,\u201d Itumbi said in his post.\n<\/p>\n \u201cWhoever it is, tell him we do not change our political belief, through force and threats. He has to learn the art of persuasion,\u201d Itumbi cited this as his response.\n<\/p>\n He claims to have, thereafter, been slapped, punched and the handcuffs around his hands squeezed. <\/p>\n Itumbi narrates that his abductors, six in number, had bundled him into a Toyota Premio. At Thindigua area, two pick-ups with \u201cmore police officers\u201d arrived, and the cops meted out torture on him.\n<\/p>\n He claimed he was assaulted using \u201cobjects resembling hammers\u201d and left nursing serious injuries.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe two double cabins drove off, and I was left surrounded by trees, darkness and heavy rains. [At that time], I\u2019m naked, only wearing socks,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n He said he walked a significant distance, although in pain, to seek help from motorists, none would pull over due to safety concerns.\n<\/p>\n \u201cAs a naked man, I knew I would have a tough time stopping any car at night.\u201d <\/p>\n However, one motorist, who recognised him, pulled over and took him to the hospital for emergency medical attention. He identified him as Boniface Makokha.\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe made a stop-over at his (Makokha\u2019s) house, where he got me a bedsheet to cover myself on our way to Uhai Neema Mission Hospital in Ruaraka,\u201d said Itumbi.\n<\/p>\n He\u2019d later be transferred to Nairobi West Hospital, where he was admitted for a couple of days. He was discharged on January 1, 2022.\n<\/p>\n Twitter reacts<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Kenyans on Twitter poked holes in Itumbi\u2019s story, raising questions that needed clarification.\n<\/p>\n Bobby Bobant said: \u201cYou were able to count the men, but you couldn\u2019t see what they were hitting you with.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Abdikarim Hussein, a skeptic, said Itumbi\u2019s narrative would make for a good Netflix movie.\n<\/p>\n Itumbi sustained fractured legs during the ordeal, and it\u2019s one of the health problems he was treated for at the Nairobi West Hospital.\n<\/p>\n Online users wondered how he managed to walk on fractured legs from where he\u2019d been abandoned to the road where he met Boniface Makokha, the Good Samaritan.\n<\/p>\n The Standard<\/em> reached Itumbi to comment on the responses that need clarification, but his phone was offline.\n<\/p>\n Police said they had launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding the abduction of Itumbi, asking Kenyans to refrain from speculation.\n<\/p>\n The findings of the probe, if any, are yet to be made public.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former State House aide Dennis Itumbi was allegedly abducted and assauled for supporting Ruto. [File, Standard] Former digital and diaspora messaging officer at the President\u2019s office, Dennis Itumbi, took to social media on Thursday to recount his ordeal at the hands of alleged abductors. 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