Africa-Press – Namibia. OMAHEKE regional commander commissioner Andreas Haingura said 11 months after the Namibian Defence Force launched a joint investigation regarding his forceful removal by soldiers from a government house where he resides, the outcome of the investigation is still unknown to him.
Haingura told The Namibian last week that armed NDF soldiers treated him like a criminal when they showed up in their army trucks at an NDF farm near Gobabis on 21 January last year.
It was reported at the time that the soldiers acted on the instruction of brigadier general Aktofel Ndengu Nambahu.
When soldiers arrived at around 04h00, they ordered him to vacate the property. They had cut off water and electricity to the property and reportedly also blocked the entrance with military vehicles and tents.
In March last year, Namibian Police inspector general Sebastian Ndeitunga appointed a joint investigation team to look into the matter.
Ndeitunga said he had not received the report, almost a year since the investigative team was appointed.
He said, he wrote a letter on 22 September 2021 to enquire about the outcome of the investigation, and he was reportedly informed that investigations had been concluded, “however due to unforeseen circumstances, the final report on the matter remains outstanding”.
“In order to conclude the matter, a request has already been dispatched to the chief of the defence force for the members of the investigative team to be available during the week of 4 to 8 October 2021,” Haingura was allegedly informed in a letter from Ndeitunga’s office.
“A military siege happened in January 2021 and since a team of investigators was appointed to look into the incident in order to solve the matter, it appears that the investigation was either not done or not yet completed,” he said.
Haingura further said that on the date of the incident, he felt his life and those of his wife and children were threatened.
“I was treated like a war criminal.
The deliberate delay to conclude the investigation is an intentional objective to defeat the
course of administration, he said.
He said the NDF operation was well planned and had a clear objective, possibly to eliminate him.
Haingura also alleged that he was deprived of his physical liberty without legal justification.
“Therefore any interference with liberty and dignity is prima facie unlawful and a serious violation of fundamental human rights,” he added.
The Namibian reported last year that Haingura lived on the property while waiting for renovations on his residence at Gobabis to be completed.
On 11 December 2020, Nambahu wrote to Omaheke governor Pijoo Nganate notifying him that he wished to extend Haingura’s occupation on the property to 20 January 2021.
Ndeitunga told The Namibian yesterday that an amicable solution was found, which is why Haingura is still in the house.
“Any police regional commander will be in that house,” he said.
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