Ian Njoroge’s Mother Breaks Silence, Issues A Plea on Behalf of Son.
Ian Njoroge’s Mother Breaks Silence, Issues A Plea on Behalf of Son: The mother of the 19-year-old who was caught assaulting a police officer on Tuesday, June 4 has finally spoken on the Trending assault on a traffic officer.
According to the woman who spoke to the Standard, her son was well-behaved and was rushing to go to church the day in question, Sunday, June 2.
She affirmed that the son did not deny that he made an illegal U-turn and the it is true, the officer demanded a 10, 000 bribe
The lady revealed that her son couldn’t raise the cash demanded by the officer and only managed to get Ksh5,000 from his friends, dismissIng allegations that her son had a sword in the car.
She stated,”If he had a sword why didn’t he stab the police officer? Where is the walkie-talkie they say he stole? I know my boy and he can’t steal anything.”
The mother added that she trusted her son who used to take her to work in the same car stating, “He is a good driver.
The mother noted that while her son was still negotiating with the officer, a few matatu drivers who saw the incident requested the officer to give the student his car keys back but the officer refused.
“He did not want to be late to take his sister to church,” she reiterated.
His mother further revealed that a flying squad was at her house accusing the son of being a murderer. The authorities took him away the young man is facing three charges, resisting assault, causing grievous harm to an officer and robbery with violence.
The mother has therefore, asked Kenyans to avoid spreading misinformation about her son who is a well-behaved boy.
“Dear Kenyans why are you talking about something you don’t know about? Why did you say that he was in his girlfriend’s house, he was at home, am I his girlfriend,” she posed.
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