The main suspect in the gruesome murder of Nairobi Hospital acting finance director, Eric Maigo has claimed that she stabbed him in self defence.
Sources privy to the investigations said that the suspect who is believed to be a minor, said that she is a victim of rape.
She reportedly told detectives that Maigo picked her up by the roadside as she had been chased from her house due to a misunderstanding with her guardian.
She told the police the deceased sexually assaulted her which prompted her to attack him. Police will revisit the scene for further analysis.
The girl told police the deceased bought her chips and juice as they drove home.
She further claimed she woke up naked and suspected her drink had been laced.
She then suspected the man had had sex with her without her consent which drove her rage to the multiple fatal stabbing.
She added she remembers stabbing him only three times.
The teenage girl was arrested in Olympic area of Kibra on Tuesday night.
On Wednesday, Milimani court allowed police to hold the primary suspect in the murder of Nairobi Hospital Finance Director Eric Maigo for 21 days to conduct investigations.
The teenager, who had been evading authorities since September 15, was captured in Kibera by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
A police officer in the probe team said he is yet to record statements from the key witnesses, taking of fingerprints, photo profiling, ascertain her previous criminal record, taking the respondent for DNA sampling for analysis by the government chemist, trace and arrest respondent associates.
The officer said he also needs to escort the girl for mental assessment/age assessment, subject her to medical examination to ascertain injuries inflicted when escaping from the scene of crime.
Maigo’s lifeless body was found in a pool of blood on September 15.
Officials have since confirmed he was stabbed 25 times. Two blood-stained knives believed to have been the murder weapons were recovered from the scene of the crime.
