Video: How man was cornered, killed in broad daylight in Mirema

It appears that the killer of Samuel Mugota knew his movement pattern or daytime diary, given the nature of how his murder was executed in cold blood.

CCTV footage obtained exclusively by The Standard shows a man, who was armed with a firearm, waited for Mugota to drive towards a route that appears to be familiar to them before he attacked.

The victim was killed at Mirema Drive in Kasarani Sub-County, Nairobi County.

Waiting on the roadside, the killer, who had already cocked his rifle, approached Mugota when the victim’s vehicle, a Honda CRV drew closer.

At exactly 1:57pm, the attacker aimed at Mugota, who was in the driver’s seat, and opened fire, shooting him six times at close range.

All this while, a saloon car was waiting on an adjacent road for Mugota’s attacker to complete the execution so that they could speed off.

Sequence pictures of the Mirema murder. [Standard]

A woman, who was walking past the scene, had to quickly change direction and run to safety as the gunshots rang out.

Mugota had reportedly dropped a friend at Mirema Drive, when his assailant, who was trailing him in another vehicle, shot him six times at close range.

The victim died on the spot in his Honda CRV.

Police are probing an alleged land deal as the possible motive for Mugota’s murder.

The 40-year-old has been identified as a resident of Kasarani, and a father of three children.

Authorities said they found seven different national identity cards in his car.

His family members, who were present during the autopsy at City Mortuary today, got a permit to move his body to the Kenyatta University Funeral Home.

None of his family members agreed to speak with the media.

The postmortem conducted on Mugota confirmed that he died of gunshot wounds.

Vincent Kipkorir, the Kasarani Directorate of Criminal Investigations Officer (DCIO), told The Standard that investigations into Mugota’s death have commenced, with police seeking eyewitnesses’ accounts and CCTV recordings to unravel the murder.