{"id":12504,"date":"2022-08-24T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/commanders-wife-wanted-sexual-favours-under-fire-soldiers"},"modified":"2022-08-24T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:14:50","slug":"commanders-wife-wanted-sexual-favours-under-fire-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/commanders-wife-wanted-sexual-favours-under-fire-soldiers","title":{"rendered":"Commander\u2019s Wife Wanted Sexual Favours,\u2019 \u2013 Under Fire Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>\u2018I am the victim!\u2019 \u2013 wife hits back<\/b><\/p>\n

There is a storm brewing at the Botswana Defence Force (BDF).<\/p>\n

The barracks have been rocked by allegations and counter-allegations of sexual advances between the Commander of the Ground Forces\u2019 wife and his juniors.<\/p>\n

In a classic case of \u2018he said, she said\u2019, the BDF top brass are faced with the unenviable task of who to believe.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, the Commander\u2019s wife, Morati Seelo, maintains there were three lower ranking officers on duty and one made sexually suggestive remarks towards her.<\/p>\n

The trio, however, insist it was the other way round and Mma Seelo was in fact drunk and the one making the saucy comments.<\/p>\n

While the BDF, through Magosi Moshagane on behalf of the commander, refused to comment, save to say the army does not discuss internal matters with the media, The Press is in possession of explosive statements from the soldiers on duty that fateful day.<\/p>\n

According to the junior soldiers, they were going about their normal patrol (on 19th June) near the commander\u2019s home, when his wife arrived. They say she approached, stopping for a few minutes to converse with one of the soldiers.<\/p>\n

It was then that the junior soldiers claimed Seelo made her advances at their colleague, saying, \u201cThey were tense and they should be on vibe. She told him that Mr Seelo was not home and that she needed a massage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Information received by The Voice suggests the junior soldiers reported the incident to their immediate supervisor, who told them not to record the matter as it was sensitive and involved seniors.<\/p>\n

They were thus shocked the next day to learn Commander John Seelo had made a report on behalf of his wife against their colleague.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe commander\u2019s wife\u2019s behaviour changes after she\u2019s had a few drinks. There are other incidents where she comes home with her music on high volume and has to be attended to,\u201d claimed a source, adding the trio may be booted out of the army now.<\/p>\n

Sticking to her guns, when The Voice called her for a comment, Seelo described the soldiers\u2019 version of events as absurd.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt insulted by these men; for them to connive and turn around and say I made advances at them is just beyond me,\u201d she seethed.<\/p>\n

Although Seelo explained she does not know the officers who patrol round her home, as is her norm, she stopped to greet them when returning home late that Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were men wearing caps, masks, with guns. I could hardly recognise who was who because, frankly, although I sometimes have friendly conversations with them, I don\u2019t know them,\u201d she reiterated.<\/p>\n

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Refusing to repeat the insults and flirtatious language she says the junior officer made to her, when The Voice asked her about her alleged \u2018massage\u2019 remarks, Seelo responded immediately, \u201cIn fact, he said words to that effect to me. I felt insulted and of course I told my husband because I am not familiar with BDF protocol, I didn\u2019t know who to tell then, except phone my husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am the victim here. I haven\u2019t had alcohol in a while and so to say I was drunk and make advances at men I don\u2019t know, don\u2019t even recognise, is absurd,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n

The BDF is currently tasked with getting to the bottom of the matter on whose version of events is true; did the commander\u2019s wife make advances at the junior soldiers or was it the other way round?<\/p>\n

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