Three suspects to face charges over trafficking, torture of Nairobi minor in Libya

Three suspects accused of abducting a Nairobi minor and trafficking the child across borders to Libya on Wednesday appeared before the Kahawa Law Courts but did not take plea.

The child trafficking suspects in court on October 21, 2026.

Abdi Samed Abukar, Abdirahman Dagane Ahmed and Abdifatah Abdi Elmi face charges linked to an alleged cross-border extortion syndicate accused of demanding millions of shillings from the victim’s family.

The suspects are expected to take a plea on Thursday, as investigations continue into the alleged trafficking network and the international rescue mission that led to the child’s recovery.

This follows the closure of an earlier miscellaneous file before Senior Principal Magistrate Njeri Thuku.

Court documents detail an alleged cross-border operation in which a minor was abducted from Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate on April 10, 2025, smuggled through Sudan and South Sudan, and trafficked to war-torn Libya.

Source: Citizen Digital