Police in Kisumu have launched a manhunt for a man who attacked his ex-lover at her boyfriend’s house for dumping him for the new partner.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), in a statement issued on Saturday, April 19, 2025, said that the person of interest viciously attacked his 24-year-old ex-girlfriend, inflicting on her life-threatening injuries for leaving him for another man.
According to the DCI, the man, who has since been identified as Sebi Obonyo, is reported to have accosted the lady at her current boyfriend’s house within Nyakbong’ village of Kamjulu at around 4.45 pm on Friday, April 18.
Victim stabbed
Obonyo is said to have stabbed his ex-lover twice in the left ear and chest with a sharp object.
“Police in Kisumu East are hunting down a man who viciously attacked his 24-year-old ex-girlfriend, inflicting on her life-threatening injuries for leaving him for another man. The suspect, Sebi Obonyo, is reported to have accosted the lady at her current boyfriend’s house within Nyakbong’ village of Kamjulu at around 4.45pm Friday, stabbing her twice on the left ear and chest with a sharp object,” the DCI stated.
The woman is said to have been rescued by neighbours who heard noises of her screams and rushed to the scene, forcing the assailant to flee.
DCI says the victim was bleeding profusely at the time the neighbours rescued her and was rushed to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, where she is still undergoing treatment.
“Thanks to the quick response of neighbours who heard her scream and rushed to the scene, forcing the assailant to flee before confirming the worst. However, a profuse bleeding was fast sucking her life away, and she was whisked to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Training and Referral Hospital in critical condition. Medics are on her case,” the DCI statement read in part.
Search for Obonyo
The DCI further stated that the preliminary information given by the neighbours to the police indicated that the assailant (Sebi Obonyo) was not happy after being left by his ex-girlfriend for another man, thereby ambushing her while alone in her new boyfriend’s house.
Police are currently working in collaboration with the members of the public to bring the assailant to book.
