The High Court in Eldoret on Tuesday, March 18, issued a warrant of arrest against Ibrahim Rotich, the main suspect in the murder of Kenyan athlete Agnes Tirop.
The warrant came after Rotich, the estranged husband and coach of Tirop, failed to appear before the courts twice with judge Justice Robert Wananda calling for his cash bail of Ksh400,000 to be forfeited to the State.
The judge, alongside State counsel Leonard Okaka, issued the warrant with Rotich's family and lawyer revealing they were unaware of his whereabouts. The judge and counsel raised their concerns over Rotich missing in action with further reports emerging that the main suspect had changed his official residence without informing his family. Agnes Tirop's husband, Ibrahim Rotich, at the Changamwe police station on Thursday, October 14.
Twitter DCI As per Rotich's lawyer Ngingi Mbugua, Rotich was also unavailable via phone call as Mbugua was unable to reach him on both his mobile phones.