Revealed! Dusit terror suspect received Sh9m on M-Pesa

A suspect linked to the Dusit terror attack received Sh9 million from South Africa in three months and sent it to Somalia, the Anti-Terror Police Unit have said.Twenty-one people, including a GSU officer, were killed in the January 15 attack. The cash was received through M-Pesa.  Hassan Abdi Nur has 52 M-Pesa agent accounts. Fourty seven were registered between October and December last year, each with a SIM card. He used different IDs to register the SIM cards.

ATPU’s Inspector Monicah Githaiga on Wednesday said her team is in the process of obtaining the SIM cards subscriber details.

These are the agents that received the money, which was later withdrawn at the Diamond Trust Bank, Eastleigh branch, before it was wired to Somalia.
Nur received the money using two handsets and made calls to Somalia immediately after receiving the cash.

He runs a tour firm and was arrested along Waiyaki Way, Westlands, on Tuesday. Four other suspects were arrested on Tuesday. They are lawyer Abdinoor Ismael, journalist Ismael Ambitham, Ali Khamis and businessman Faisal Mohamed.

Ismael, a graduate of Kenya School of Law and who is undergoing pupillage, has received over Sh100 million. The ATPU believes the cash was used to finance terrorism activities.

Ambitham was in constant communication with slain lead attacker Ali Salim Gichunge, who died during the attack.

Source: mpasho.co.ke