A Moi University student suspected of terror attacked according to pictures circulated by the police has taken to social media to refute these claims.
Police had said they among others want Salad Tari Gufu for grilling over terrorists’ plans to attack Boni Forest following pressure they are facing in Somalia.
Police and intelligence officials said the terrorists are trooping to Lakta belt near Boni Forest in Lamu with an aim of attacking locals.
The terrorists have reportedly dispatched five militants to lead the planned attacks and police believe some of their relatives are involved in helping them sneak and hide in the country.
And to tame the plans police have circulated photographs of five men they claim are part of those planning the attacks.
Authorities want the public to help them in tracing the whereabouts of the wanted men with a bounty of Sh2 million on each of them.
Those wanted include Abdikadir Mohamed aka Ikrima, Mohammed Tajir Ali, Suleiman Irungu Mwangi as well as brothers Salad Tari Gufu and Gufu Tari Gufu.
But a man claiming to be Salad Tari Gufu went to the social media denying he is a terrorist as claimed by police.
He claimed he is a fourth year student at Moi University pursuing bachelor’s degree in the faculty of education.
“As a citizen and a student, am being suspected for a crime that I am not even capable of. My friends know me and attest to my innocence. I therefore encourage you all to spread this message of truth).. SALAD WASN’T, ISN’T AND WON’T BE A TERRORIST,” he said in a Facebook post.
According to police, Salad had operated a studio in Marsabit and sold DVDs containing sermons of radical Muslim preachers.
He was also linked to a terror cell at Moi University, Eldoret, before it was dismantled in 2016.
The university cell was led by Mohammed Abdi Ali aka Abu Fidaa, an ISIS recruiter and who was arrested as he prepared a group of students to launch anthrax attacks in Kenya.
Gufu Tari Gufu, a brother to Salad ran to Somalia in 2013 from Marsabit County is also wanted as well as his cousin Hassan Jarso Kartola.