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Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi Arrested Over Botched Sh17.5 Million Extortion Plot

Samuel GitongaJan 20, 2020713

Controversial blogger Cyprian Nyakundi. He has been arrested over an extortion plot.

Controversial blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has been arrested over a botched plan to extort Ksh17.5 million from unidentified victims.

In a post on twitter, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) also confirmed that they had arrested Emmanuel Nyamweya Ong’era alongside Nyakundi for the same reasons.

According to the DCI, the two had already received Ksh1 million as a downpayment to pull down libelous posts published on their blogs.

@DCI_Kenya Detectives based at Gigiri have today afternoon arrested two suspects namely Cyprian Andama Nyakundi and Emmanuel Nyamweya Ong'era after successful investigations touching on extortion, blackmail and false accusations.
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) January 20, 2020

DCI, however, says that the downpayment has already been recovered and the suspects are set to be arraigned in court tomorrow.

The two had just received Ksh. 1 Million from one of their victims being a down payment of Ksh 17.5 million they had earlier demanded as a precondition for pulling down libellous posts appearing on a website allegedly owned by the suspects.
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) January 20, 2020

Nyakundi is no stranger to controversy though, he has been arrested before for defaming Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i.

The case, however, failed to take off over Matiang’i’s failure to show up in court as a witness.

He has also been arrested before for defaming Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and former Kenya Power Managing Director Ken Tarus.

Nyakundi has also been dragged in court for publishing defamatory tweets against the late Safaricom Chief Executive Bob Collymore as well as Bidco CEO Vimal Shah.