A 60-year-old man was on Wednesday robbed at gunpoint by three individuals who had offered lift from Muhoho stage to Kenol in Murang'a county.

According to a report filed under OB number 21/10/10/2020 at Sabasaba Police Station in Murang'a County, Mr Benard Ngige Mbuthia was tricked into boarding the car after the driver assured him that he would drop him at Kenol.

"The driver of salon car heading towards Kenol direction stopped and inquired his destination.

They then offered to give him a lift to Kenol to which he agreed and boarded the car whose registration number he can't remember," the statement reads in part.

Mr Mbuthia further told the police that the men demanded his phone and forcefully asked for his pin.