A magistrate on Friday granted investigators' request for former rugby player Alex Olaba's detention for seven days over claims of attempting to murder a witness in a rape case he is facing. Magistrate Bernard Ochoi allowed the application by the police to have Olaba remanded, saying the reasons adduced by the DCI are compelling enough. Police said Olaba was planning to kill a key witness in the case in efforts to defeat justice. Olaba had apparently approached another party seeking ways of eliminating the witness in the case before police were informed. The officers then sent undercover officers who posed as possible executors of his mission before they pounced on him.

Source: The Star April 23, 2021 07:53 UTC