The suspect behind the stabbing of an engineer attached to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport was arraigned in court yesterday.
Vigilance Shighi is reported to have gotten into an argument with Edward Okello in Umoja on Saturday night which led to the stabbing.
Police records indicate that the murder scene was bloody.
The police report read,
Vigilance is in police custody.
Here are photos of Vigilance from happier days.
She explains How It Happened
A video has emerged of a woman who is suspected to have stabbed her boyfriend to death.
In the video, Vigilance Shighi narrates how a scuffle that happened on Saturday night, with her life in boyfriend, Edward Okello, lead to his death.
“I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT NI ILE KUKOROFISHANA KUKOROFISHANA…. MIMI MWENYEWE NIMEMWAMBIA WHAT IS NOT HAPPENING?”
The distraught Vigilance went on to explain what happened to a group of men who looked like police officers on the scene of the crime.
SHE SAID, “HE STARTED BEATING ME. AND HITTING ME. A WOMAN WILL TAKE ANYTHING TO DEFEND HERSELF. I TOOK A CUP AND THREW IT AT HIM.”
Asked who wielded the knife first.
She said,
Watch the video
According to the police report at Buruburu Police Station,
He was rushed to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital where he was pronounced dead while undergoing treatment.
The report continued,
“SCENE VISITED BY STAPOL BURUBURU, DUTY OFFICER, DCI PERSONNEL, SCENE DOCUMENTED BY CSI OFFICER. THE SUSPECT OF THE MURDER WHO IS THE GIRLFRIEND NAMELY VIGILANCE SHIGHI WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE NEIGHBOURS AND ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY.”
The team proceeded to the residence at Umoja 2, zone 8 plot no.5961 ground floor, and found a pool of blood on the sitting room and a kitchen knife was recovered.”
The report noted,
“MOTIVE OF THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THEMSELVES. THE SUSPECT PLACED IN CUSTODY. BODY MOVED TO MAMA LUCY KIBAKI HOSPITAL MORTUARY AWAITING AUTOPSY.”