Mr. David Lesas a teacher in Loiyangalani has dismissed claims he was admitted after being beaten by the police. Photo: Marsabit County Facebook.
After a viral circulation of the a teacher being beaten by police weeks ago when tension had escalated in Loiyangalani after an OCS attached to Loiyangalani Police Post was shot on the leg by Samburu raiders, Mr. David Lesas has come out and denied allegations that he was admitted.
Lesas a teacher in Loiyangalani area of Marsabit County, said that the information that was being spread on social media by bloggers from neigbouring Samburu County that he was admitted is misleading.
“There has been misleading information that I have been taken to the hospital, there is no such thing, as I am perfectly fine and in good health condition. I have done investigations and the misleading information was spread by Samburu News Flash and I am going to action against them,” Lesas dismissed the allegations.
Although Lesas admitted to being beaten by the police who stormed his home and roughed him up, did not sustain any injuries as widely spread and admitted on social media. Calling out bloggers and media houses to get correct facts before spreading information that could bring conflict.
“I have not been admitted in any hospital at all. The media should stop transmitting information that they have not verified yet. I have send them a notice demanding a public apology to the concerned members of the society that were affected by the misleading information,” he further remarked.
Following widespread reports of police brutality in the country, the search for clarity began at Marsabit County Referral Hospital, where Lesas was allegedly reported to be admitted last week, but hospital reports showed that he was not received in the facility.
The area has witnessed a series of attacks from unknown men, who not only attacked the area OCS, but a businessman supplying goods from El Molo to Loiyangalani town, spreading tension among the environments around Loiyangalani, that led to police patrols.
During the patrols, residents decried police brutality, which they said escalated the tension further, after the confrontation between the officers and the Samburu riders behind Marsabit Museum.
