The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is offering a cash reward to anyone who can provide information that leads to the arrest of Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, a suspected serial killer who escaped custody Tuesday.
The DCI stated in a public circular that anyone with credible information on the suspects’ whereabouts after they escaped the cell would receive a “significant cash reward.”
According to the DCI, anyone with information on the suspect’s whereabouts can report it confidentially by calling police hotlines, 911, 999, or 112, or going to the nearest police station.
Jumaisi is one of 13 suspects being sought by detectives following an apparent insider-aided escape from the Gigiri police station.
Nai Haps has established that the two police officers on duty, the cell sentry and the duty officer, are under investigation for aiding the escape.
A suspect who was arrested for fraud and booked into the station’s cells on the fateful night told investigators that the suspects did not escape by cutting wire mesh at the jail cells’ basking bay, as had been previously suspected.
Gigiri Police Station has six cell cubes, three on each side separated by a corridor. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, the Kware murder suspect, was in a cell at the far end.
Jumaisi had been there since July 17. His door was locked and he had been chained to the ground on an elevated metal sheet on the ground floor inside his cube.
The adjacent cube had four detainees who did not escape, while the next cube hosted 12 Eritreans, escapees alongside Jumaisi.
The suspect who witnessed the escape said he was brought to the cells at around 9pm that same night and allowed by officers to keep some money he had.
He confirms the duty officer took a roll call of all detainees some minutes past midnight. At this point, the duty officer walked away and never closed the cell doors.
The witness also claims that when he arrived at the cells at around 9pm, he found all suspects, including Jumaisi, in the corridor outside their cell cubes.
Jumaisi had already been unchained, and his cube door had been opened for him to access the corridor. The handcuffs used to chain him were found abandoned in his cell, with the suspect nowhere to be seen.
The witness reported seeing two police officers being given some money by one of the Eritreans. Afterward, the officers said they were going to the canteen.
He noted that one of the officers appeared drunk. Insiders at the station confirmed that there is a corporal known for reporting to duty while intoxicated. With the two officers out, the 13 suspects had the opportunity to walk to their freedom through the report desk and vanish into the darkness.
At a quarter to 6am, a woman assigned to serve the detainees and operate a food joint within the station walked into the cells to serve breakfast. To her surprise, some detainees were missing. She quickly notified the two officers on duty.
It took time for senior command to be informed of the incident after it came to the attention of the duty NCO. The witness to the escape has been able to identify the two policemen.
A manhunt is underway for the escapees.
