Miguna Miguna exposes DCI's 'larger ploy' behind the arrest of blogger Nyakundi

Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi/Nation

Following the arrest of popular blogger Cyprian Nyakundi and one Emmanuel Nyamweya on Monday over allegations of extortion, blackmail and false accusations, deposed lawyer Miguna Miguna has revealed what the government could be out to achieve by arresting the popular blogger.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said via Twitter that the arrests at Westgate Mall in Nairobi followed a successful probe.

"The two had just received Sh1 million from one of their victims, being a down payment [for a] Sh17.5 million [payment] they had earlier demanded as a precondition for pulling down libelous posts appearing on a website [they allegedly own]," the DCI tweet reads.

Miguna has, however, rubbished the DCI assertions terming them as a decoy of a larger plot to 'permanently silence' the controversial blogger.

"They want to silence Nyakundi. They already succeeded in having him banned from @Twitter . Now, they want to criminalize and jail him as a way of PERMANENTLY SILENCING him. Kenyans must not believe the tissues of lies @DCI_Kenya peddles to perpetuate the culture of impunity," Miguna tweeted.

He added: "The @DCI_Kenya should also arrest the individual(s) who paid the BRIBE. It is a criminal offence to give/offer and to receive a bribe. Arresting and charging Cyprian Nyakundi but not the person who offered the bribe constitutes double standards and a miscarriage of justice."

Replying to a tweep who had sought to 'enlighten' him that there was no bribe involved but 'treated' money by the DCI, the self-styled general would tell him that entrapment will invalidate the charges against the two leading to acquittal.