Thread by @mainandegwa232

On Nov 19 2021, Samson Teklermichael was driving his Bentley Bentayga along Kileleshwa after a gym session when suddenly a Traffic cop stopped him.

Thinking that it was just a normal stop, mans complied oblivious he was being set up to be ABDUCTED.

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As soon as he slowed down, 3 unknown men jumped out of a waiting Subaru and opened his door.

Quickly, they dragged him out amidst his cries, a scene captured by shocked pedestrians who could only guess the crime he had committed.

Since then, mans has never been seen and to make matters worse, everyone including his gava family don't know who picked him.

However, they are sure that the ones who picked him knew his behavior pattern because of a surveillance tactic called OSINT

OSINT is intelligence built from PUBLIC data: your posts, photos, check-ins, habits and patterns. No hacking is needed because your routine becomes your weakness.

If you go to the same gym at the same time, take the same routes, you become predictable making u an easy target:

Here, investigators build a full profile of you from what you post online and your daily routines so that they can establish your daily routine to predict where you could be for easy tracking.

So if Samson had changed his routine that day, he probably would have survived but..

Since he didn't, here's how he got in this predicament.

Samson Teklemichael was an Ethiopian businessman who dealt in Gas. He had set up a distribution centre in Nairobi that exported gas cylinders to Addis Ababa where he had also established a base for further distribution

This lucrative business had turned him into a multi-millionaire despite having arrived in Kenya as a refugee in 2009.

As a baller, mans lived a good life in Nairobi together with the love of his life Milan Mezgebo who bore him 3 kids.

He took them on expensive holiday trips and also fulfilled his personal desires of owning the best automobiles in town.

Like a Boss, mans only drove high end cars design if he wasn't inna Bentley, you'd prolly see him inna Benz or a Range Rover as he went to work or.

To check on the progress of various high rise apartments he was raising in Kilimani Nairobi.

Yaani, there's no way you'd spot him inna Probox or Fielder, sth that impressed the bros who washed his cars at Lenana road, describing him as a generous dude for his tips.

Tbh, this generosity was not out of nothing. It had come from the fact that Nairobi had guaranteed he could operate freely as if nothing was happening back at home.

U see at home, there was a full blown war raged by both the Ethiopian & Eritrea goverments against his people..

The people of Tigraya who through their army TPLF had attacked Ethiopian military base Headquarters that were in their region on Nov 3 2020.

This had promoted PM Abiy Ahmed to respond with dual offensive attacks which he described as law enforcement..

With the Ethiopian military counter attacking from the south-while Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) launched attacks from the North-sorrounding the Tigray Region that sits on the Northern part of Ethiopia.

In this war, nobody was spared..

Hundreds of Tigrayans were killed like Tanzanians during elections, with people of the city of Axum where Queen Sheba was born suffering the most after troops shot at people who were at churches, cafes, hotels and homes in the city Axum for 5 hours nonstop.

These attacks caused a humanitarian crisis around Tigray where most people fled the region in fear that they were next to meet their maker

Using any means, they crossed to neighboring countries and settled in Refugee camps that gave them safety.

Because those who were not lucky to cross were left to struggle like the kids of Gaza since the Ethiopian government had stopped any help from getting there.

The region was completely isolated from any supply leaving hundreds to starve.

Meanwhile as all this was happening in Ethiopia, Samson Teklemichael lived a peaceful life in Kenya.

Lakini, this didn't mean he didn't know what was going on because he always stayed in touch with his friends who briefed him about the situation.

Sadly, this close contact is what brought him into the radar of the Ethiopian government because any help towards the people of Tigray was being monitored for they were determined to crash the rebellion.

Nonetheless, Samson continued his support for his people with his aid coming inform of Logistics.

U see, this war had caused more than 2M people to flee the region. Some made it to Sudan, others went to Eritrea and Djibouti while others found their way to Kenya.

Here, they would get help from fellow Tigrayans who according to reports were receiving some good will aid from Samson.

That's why in 2021 you saw many Ethiopian illegals being found in Kenya by police hiding in different locations.

This raised a security alarm and once investigations started, Samson's name started to appear because he had previously been arrested by ATPU in 2011 for being involved in Human Trafficking.

Luckily he was cleared after a long detention which btw

Brought a new Right for Arrested Persons thru his judgement that someone can only be detained thru the approval of the court.

Samson was questioned several times despite having being issued with a Police Clearance Cert months earlier.Again, the Kenyan authorities did not find any incriminating evidence on him apart from his help.

However, the Ethiopian government was determined to get him so after Pres Uhuru Kenyatta visited Ethiopia secretly on Nov 2021 to discuss on how to end the Tigray conflict could end

Critics say Ethiopian DCI asked Nairobi to hand over people who meddling in their civil conflict

By sending in support to Tigray where top of this list was Samson Teklemichael.

His fate was written in that secret meeting that was not reported and 5 days later after the agencies built his profile using his daily routine that predicted that at that particular time.

Solomon would be leaving the GYM making it easy to be abducted. So If you feel "marked" or value safety please do this

Stop posting routines
Vary your schedule
Reduce public footprint
Limit location data

Remember, OSINT works because we overshare

Samson’s story is a reminder:
In 2025, people don’t need to hack you to find you.
Your public life can map your entire movement.
Stay unpredictable.