Kenyan national who sneaked back into the country after scamming Zambian nationals will now face trial in Zambia.
This followed an application filed by the DPP on Zambia’s request for the suspect to be tried.
The suspect was accused of defrauding Zambians of Ksh406 million before escaping into the country.
Following close consideration of the evidence presented by DPP, the Magistrate’s Court at Milimani Lucas Onyina allowed the suspect John Wambua Nzuki to be extradited to Zambia.
“The Chief Magistrate’s Court at Milimani yesterday allowed the ODPP’s application to extradite fugitive John Wambua Nzuki to the Republic of Zambia to face charges of fraudulently transferring approximately $2,700,000 from a suspense account of the Intermarket Bank to various customers (suspects) bank accounts between 1st October 2010 and 30th May 2011,” DPP’s statement read in part.
“Lucas Onyina found that the DPP’s application met the threshold for the issuance of the extradition order. The DPP had issued an authority to proceed in accordance with section 7(1) of the Extradition Act, Cap 77 of the Laws of Kenya upon being satisfied that the request for extradition met the legal standards,” it added.
The suspect will be tried according to the Zambian system before his fate is known
“The order of extradition followed a request by the Republic of Zambia for extradition of the fugitive. It is alleged that the suspects withdrew all the money transferred to their various accounts while knowing that they had never deposited such money into their bank accounts and would share the money with the fugitive,” DPP described the details of the case.
