John Nwankwo Noko, a Nigerian man caught on CCTV camera assaulting a Kenyan woman has been deported, The Standard is reporting.
According to a statement signed by State Department of Gender Principal Secretary Anne Wang’ombe, the suspect was deported on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
He is accused of physically a§§aulting his partner, Pauline, a Kenyan woman confined to a wheelchair, raising concerns about cases of Gender-Based Vi3lence (GBV).
The case was first brought to the attention of the police by Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba on Wednesday, May 1. Orwoba, acting on the video that first went viral on social media on April 29, visited the woman at her home, who confirmed that her life was in d+nger.
She claimed that her Nigerian partner “had been thr3atening to k+ll her and her two domestic workers if they outed him.” Senator Orwoba then reported the matter to Karen Police Station, after which it was picked up by the offices of Interior Cabinet Secretary Kindiki Kithure, and that of Immigration PS Julius Bitok.
“Mr Nwankwo Noko has been arrested and processed for deportation,” Gender PS confirmed.
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