Nairobi Man Arrested After Kidnapping Stepson and Demanding Sh50,000 Ransom from His Wife

Police in Nairobi have arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly kidnapping his stepson to extort money from his wife after a domestic disagreement.

Nemwel Ondari was arrested by detectives at the Green Park matatu terminus in Nairobi on Saturday, hours after the eight-year-old boy’s mother filed a report at Embakasi police station.

Everline Nandera said she left their home in the Tel Aviv area, Embakasi early morning for Muthurwa market but when she returned at around 9:20 a.m., she found her husband and son missing.

“A note had been left behind by the husband, demanding for a ransom of Sh50,000, for the release of the boy. In the note, the man also warned his wife that he would kill the boy using a kitchen knife which he had carried, should she try any monkey business,” police said.

“The detectives pounced on the man at around 4 p.m., as he eagerly waited for the ransom to be deposited into his Mpesa account.”

The mother and child were reunited and the man is being held at Embakasi police station awaiting arraignment.

It was established the couple had a heated argument the previous night before the man packed his clothes and a kitchen knife in two bags and took off with the boy.