DCI Breaks Silence Over Traffic Police`s Snatched Phone on Camera {VIDEO}
Following the video that trended on social media showing a traffic police's phone being snatched on a busy Nairobi highway on Wednesday 7th July by unknown thugs, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Thursday 8th shared detailed information denying the allegations.
Christine Juma 
According to the investigation by the DCI officers sourced by Bright, Kenya news indicated that the video was edited and he was not a police officer who was on the highway. The information also urges the citizens to be keen on what they share on the social media platforms as they can land them in court for fake information. “We encourage the Kenyans to be keen during this time where many people rely on social media platforms to get information,” said the DCI.
Our investigations have revealed that a video circulating on social media insinuating to be of a police officer being snatched a phone is a manipulated video whose intention is malicious.We urge members of the public to ignore it. pic.twitter.com/euKreNjHpB
— National Police Service-Kenya (@NPSOfficial_KE) July 7, 2021
However, in the viral video trending online, the officer was on the phone before the sad incident happened. The officer must be communicating with another traffic officer about the traffic issue or anybody as he controls the traffic.
Three men on Bodaboda prompted the officer from behind then passed in front of him then snatched the phone from his ears and flew away on the speeding motorbike leaving the officer in shock and confused.
The incident is believed to had happened between Githurai- Kasarani underpass road.
