Erica Njeri, the daughter of media personality Ciku Muiruri and her friend Shanice Agose are alive after a successful rescue mission.

Erica 26 and Shanice 27 were rescued on Sunday in a dramatic police operation after a week of abduction.

The two were kidnapped last Sunday around 2am as they boarded a taxi home.

According to the police, They were rescued from a house in Mangu, Waiteithie area off Thika Highway. 

Two suspects who were holding them were arrested.

The women looked emaciated when police and other agencies were present.

In the house, there was a mattress without a bed, two 20-litre jerrycans, a bucket, a plastic seat, cello tape, a rope, a candle, fake number plates, a hammer, knife.

During their abduction those behind the drama demanded a ransom of Sh500,000- Sh250,000 for each of the two.

A message was earlier sent to Muiruri’s brother demanding a ransom of Sh250,000 be sent to her by close of business last Monday.

“Please I was kidnapped last night by some Somali and am almost headed to Somalia if 250k is not sent by cob tomorrow. Please help,” read part of the message which has been shared with authorities.

Multi-agency teams were deployed and monitored the movements of the kidnappers with the victims for the past week.

Ciku Muiruri shared the post below on her Facebook page:


 Appreciation Post. 

"Yester-evening, Erica and her friend Shanice were found in an empty bedsitter in Gatokoyo where they have been held all of last week. 


They had been kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday morning after hailing a Bolt Taxi. They were locked in the car (doors had child lock activated) and there was a second man hiding in the boot. Attempts to fight them led to Erica being hit on her head and lower leg with a hammer but she did not sustain serious injury. Her friend had cuts on her hand from trying to pull a knife that had been held to her throat by the man in the back. 


Thereafter they agreed to co-operate until their ransom was paid. The place was dingy, hidden. The conditions were very cold. But they were fed daily. The kidnappers wanted 500k for both of them. They sent messages to both myself and her friend’s mom. On Day 7 (Monday) of the Corpus Christi Novena I asked for your prayers. And now I must thank you because you came through in the BIGGEST way and STORMED heaven with those prayers. 

Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

Some prayed for confusion, the girls say those guys looked like they were unsure what was happening on many an occasion. Some prayed for them to be unwell, the girls say that the kidnappers were complaining they were coming down with something. Some prayed for unravelling, Erica says even the building felt like it was falling apart just like the plans of the kidnappers. Some prayed for Grace, Erica says she was enveloped with a peace she has never experienced. I had that too. So much so that I refused to pay a single shilling to these men. I did not want them to do this to any other family. I did not want to reward bad behaviour. 

So we prayed for protection. They did not lay a finger on the girls. Please note for your own protection that they told the girls that the Bolt App has many crooks from different gangs doing the exact same thing! He told them: “Stay away from Bolt especially after midnight.”