Nairobi Central Police Station OCS Samson Talam will be held at Langata cells for two more days before the court determines whether it will grant a request by IPOA to hold him for 21 days.
IPOA had requested the court to have Talam detained for 21 days to allow completion of investigations over links to the murder of teacher and social media influencer Albert Ojwang.
Talam, who is a Chief Inspector of police, was arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts.
Appearing before the Milimani Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi, OCS Taalam was, however, not charged with murder as IPOA filed an application seeking 21 days to continue detaining him at Lang'ata Police Station. "We seek that the OCS be held at Lang'ata Police or any other police station within the Republic of Kenya for the reason to enable the state through IPOA to continue and complete investigations into the murder of Ojwang'," state prosecutor Victor Owiti told the court.
