“He had stopped to buy somen items when the men pounced. He was bundled into the back seat. They asked him where ‘this boss of yours who has been disturbing people’s peace’ was,” Mr Omar said. “On their way to my house, they suddenly changed their minds and drove around for a while,” he said. The driver was later dumped in a bush with his hands and legs tied and was found by people who took him to the police.
The robbers told the driver that they would look for his boss later, Mr Omar said. He said the carjacking seemed to be well planned “as it is not everyday carjackers refer to owners of vehicles.” “It also seems the gangsters had been closely monitoring my movements,” he said. The gunmen took the driver’s phones and ATM cards which they used to withdraw cash at 10.30 pm. The car, a Honda CRV, has not been found.
Mr Omar, whose organisation has ruffled the feathers of prominent people and politicians by naming suspects behind the 2007 post-election violence, among other things, wondered why it was taking so long to recover the car. “In most cases, GK vehicles are recovered almost immediately. The police have, however, been helpful and have been calling to brief me on the search. Senior policemen have also called to express sympathy,” he said.
Mr Omar is among the human rights officials expected to meet former UN chief Kofi Annan on Tuesday. He said the timing of carjacking “is quite interesting as it comes at a time when we have been pushing for the speedy trial of post-election violence suspects,” he said.
