The Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, has revealed the details of the social media post that led to the arrest of the deceased, Albert Ojwang.

Appearing before the Senate on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Kanja stated that Ojwang tweeted on X, stating that Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Eliud Lagat was involved in corruption within the National Police Service.

“Specifically, the published post alleged that Eliud Lagat had strategically placed his most trusted officer in charge of DCI desks, occurrence books, and traffic shifts to control revenue streams and intelligence flow,” he stated.

“Another post depicted him alongside Joseph Chirchir, a senior officer stationed in the Nairobi area, under the caption ‘EACC investigating top cop after purchase of Ksh335.9 million home in Dubai,’ accompanied by the DIG’s photograph and the phrase ‘Eliud Lagat Mafia police,’” he added.

Furthermore, Kanja stated that the social media posts were deemed defamatory, necessitating immediate investigation.

“These claims were found to be defamatory and unsubstantiated and of significant public concern, thereby necessitating immediate investigations under the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act (5) 2018.”

Furthermore, he disclosed that the DCI immediately assigned the case to the cybercrime investigation officers, comprising Corporal Abdul Hamman Hussein, Police Constable Dennis Kanyoni, Samuel Kamau, and Milton Mwanzi.

“Hillary Mutai, senior superintendent of police – officer in charge of the serious crime unit domiciled at DCI, and police constable Mwanzi visited Vigilance House, the police headquarters, to record the complainant’s statement,” he stated.

He also revealed that to verify the claims, the investigating officers wrote a letter to the EACC to confirm whether any investigations were underway. After confirming that DIG Lagat was not under investigation, as in the social media posts, an arrest warrant was issued.

“A request was made to the Communications Authority of Kenya in writing to provide registration details and preserve posts associated with the X account handle @pixelpenerai under the account name pixel and @Kevin Mwisicheres’ username, Kevin Mwicheres.”

“The CAK confirmed that the social media accounts were linked to the suspects,” he added.

Autopsy

The revelations come amid public outcry after Ojwang’s autopsy revealed that he was assaulted and suffered multiple body injuries. 

Pathologist Bernard Midia, after completing an autopsy on his body on Tuesday, June 11, 2025, revealed that Ojwang did not hit himself on the wall as earlier reported in a police report. 

“When we examined the pattern of the injury, especially the trauma I found on the head… hitting against a blunt substance like a wall would have a pattern,” he stated. 

Midia pointed out that in the event of one hitting themselves on a wall, frontal bleeding on the head would be seen.

“But the bleeds that we found on the scalp, on the skin of the head, were spaced, including on the face, sides of the head, and the back of the head,” he explained. 

The pathologist, who conducted the procedure alongside the family’s representative, Mutuma Zambezi, dismissed the possibility of Ojwang’ injuring himself. 

“When we tie up together with other injuries that are well spread on parts of the body … including the upper limbs and the trunk … Then this is unlikely to be a self-inflicted injury,” he added.

The post-mortem findings contradict a police report on Sunday, June 8, 2025, where Ojwang was reported to have hit his head on the wall of a cell at Central Police Station.