- Dar es Salaam Police Chief SACP on Tuesday Muliro has dismissed allegations of Boniface Mwangi’s torture as a comment, emphasizing it is not a fact unless it is officially reported
- Mwangi, a prominent Kenyan activist, was disappointed as he recounted how he was blindfolded, closed, beaten, and abused by hijackers covered in their faces in Tanzania
- Muliro wondered why Mwangi and Ugandan attorney Agather Atuhaire did not report directly to the Tanzanian police, saying he would prefer to interview him personally
- Mwangi claimed his kidnappers had accused him of entering foreign nations, and beat him while playing music loudly to turn off his cries
The Dar es Salaam police chief has ignored the allegations of a Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi That he was kidnapped, tortured and abused in Tanzania.
The chief police officer rejected Mwangi’s claim by calling them “opinion only” and not confirmed things.
Mwangi, a human rights activist, shed tears this week when he remembered the horrible suffering he went through in the hands of men he thought were government officials.
But in severe response, Dar es Salaam Special Police Commander, SACP on Tuesday Muliro, told the BBC that Mwangi’s story is just a theory and should be officially examined as true.
“That is their opinion, their attitude.“Said Muliro in an interview.
The police commander seemed to be more misunderstood than to worry, wondering the reality and the way the information reached the public.
“If they were there, I would question them. First, those are just opinions and attitudes. But secondly, if they were here, I would share them, I would ask exactly what they were saying, what they mean, and many other questions I could ask them,” He explained his position on the allegations.
Muliro wished that Mwangi and Ugandan human rights attorney, Agather Atuhaire, would have reported their information directly to the police Tanzania.
He said it would be better if they could stay with him and give direct answers to his questions.
“I would like to talk to me directly, to ask them a lot and to understand what they mean. I don’t know if you understand it well. Muliro told the BBC reporter.
How was Mwangi tortured?
Mwangi’s allegations surprised many in East Africa when he revealed that he traveled to Dar es Salaam to attend the case of Tanzania’s opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, facing treason charges.
The ally described how his goal of showing solidarity had turned out to be a shame after his arrest.
In a tearful interview, Mwangi narrated how he was blindfolded, stripped of his clothes and closed hands by the hijackers.
He said they lifted him up and put him in a place of pain where his feet hanged in the middle of the air and then hit him again in his feet.
To silence his cries, he said the kidnappers pushed something into his mouth and blowed gospel music from the car stereo to turn off the noise.
The activist emphasized that his hijackers accused him of being an agent of foreign interference, and the experience included invasion and humiliating attacks.
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