The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has denied claims that it has decided not to charge Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat in the case involving the murder of blogger Albert Ojwang.
IPOA was forced to issue a response after claims emerged on social media on Tuesday, June 24, suggesting the authority had reached a finding that DIG Lagat had no case to answer. Lagat has been mentioned in relation to Ojwang's murder, with one of the officers charged with the death alleging that they were acting on orders coming from the DIG.
Since the blogger's death on June 8, it has since been confirmed that Lagat was the one who filed a complaint against the deceased on defamatory allegations. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), IPOA dismissed claims of exonerating the Deputy Inspector General in the case, stating, "NO.
IPOA has not issued such a statement." More to follow...
