Tuesday, 27th September 2011
By JUDY OGUTU
Two people named in a UN report on Al-Shabaab operations claim their names were included in the report after they refused to part with Sh10 million bribe.
Mr Abdillahi Abdi Nur and Mr Abdi Warsame Dirie have filed a suit at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi.
The said Mr Babatunde Taiwo, whom they have named as the first respondent in the suit, demanded to be paid Sh10 million "to avoid implicating the plaintiffs in acts of terrorism."
In the papers filed in court, they say Taiwo had claimed to be associated with the UN. Also sued is Mr Khalif Hassan Abdulrahman.
On August 2, their advocate, Mr Peter Kaluma wrote to Foreign Affairs PS saying Taiwo had alleged he was working with the UN.
Diplomatic immunity
Consequently, he wrote to the PS requesting confirmation whether the said Taiwo enjoys diplomatic status and immunity.
According to documents filed in court, Taiwo is an Armed Groups expert.
The two allege that sometime in January, Nur received a telephone call from Taiwo requesting for a meeting.
In the suit papers, Taiwo is alleged to have informed Nur that he had received information from Abdulrahman that he (Nur) was an Al-Shabaab sympathiser.
"The plaintiff ignored the matter as he deemed the claim baseless, and also doubted the character of the first respondent (Taiwo)," it is stated in the documents filed in court.
Court documents indicate Taiwo contacted Nur and informed him that he had been given Sh5 million by Abdulrahman to implicate them in acts of terrorism in the region.
The two say that between January and March this year, Taiwo kept bothering them with the said demands for bribery and threats.
Nur says he reported the matter to the Special Crimes Prevention Unit in Nairobi in April.
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