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Flashy Twitter Influencer Frank Obegi Among The Four Mutilated Bodies Found In A Forest

SK 2 years ago 2 min read

Frank Obegi, a popular Kenyan Twitter influencer, was positively identified as one of four mutilated bodies discovered in Kijabe Forest, Kiambu county.

Obegi and three people believed to be his friends vanished from Kasarani in Nairobi about a week ago, only to be discovered dead on Sunday, June 19. According to Lari OCPD Anderson Furaha, the bodies were badly mutilated and had their private parts amputated. They appeared to have been strangled to death.

“One of them had been partly eaten by wild animals. Their private parts had been amputated and it seems they died through strangulation. They had no identification documents and were naked,” Furaha said as quoted by Nation.

Elijah Omeka, Mose Nyachae, and Fred Obare Mokaya were identified as the other three. Their remains were transferred to City Mortuary, where they are being stored pending further investigation.

According to unconfirmed reports, Obegi was part of a group that scammed people online using cryptocurrency and ATMs, and he may have been killed in a botched transaction.

Twitter’s top trending topics At the time of filing this report, some social network users claimed he was a con artist. In 2016, a popular Twitter thread dubbed #JailObegi went viral, with many calling for his arrest for alleged fraud and deception.

The young blogger was said to be a man of means going by his huge online presence and was living life in the fast lane The tweep’s social media accounts have since been deleted for unknown reasons. Further investigation into the incident revealed that the four murderers used a mysterious woman to lure them into their death traps.