{"id":101496,"date":"2026-04-28T12:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:09:02","slug":"sakaria-to-guard-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president","title":{"rendered":"Sakaria to Guard the President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Oshana regional police commander Naftal Sakaria is set to lead the unit protecting president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, replacing commissioner Andreas Nelumbu, who was appointed to the role last year.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Police chief inspector general Joseph Shikongo held a virtual meeting with the commissioners he reshuffled Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi confirmed the shift in a media statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear why Nelumbu has been ousted from the top police job barely a year into his role, but some sources claim the president had a role in requesting the move.<\/p>\n<p>Sakaria declined to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was with the inspector general today, and he is the one who can comment on those matters. I can\u2019t comment,\u201d he said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential spokesperson Jonas Mbambo confirmed Nelumbu\u2019s departure from State House yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can confirm that commissioner Andreas Nelumbu has been redeployed from his assignment at State<\/p>\n<p>House. Such decisions fall within the prerogative of the president, exercised in consultation with the relevant heads of the security cluster, including the inspector general of the Namibian Police,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are internal administrative matters, and we will not be providing further details,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sakaria has since been relieved of his duties in the Oshana region, where he had served as regional commander since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Namibian understands that Zambezi police commissioner Andreas Shilelo could be moved to the Oshana region, while Julia Sakuwa-Neo, who is currently the Kavango West region\u2019s commissioner, could be transferred to the Zambezi region.<\/p>\n<p>Shilelo referred The Namibian to Shikongo when approached for comment yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsk the inspector general and come back to me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sakuwa-Neo also referred The Namibian to the national police chief.<\/p>\n<p>The latest shake-up of the top security position comes after speculation in the media last year.<\/p>\n<p>Online news outlet The Issue last year reported that Nandi-Ndaitwah\u2019s mooted restructuring of the country\u2019s security cluster could strengthen presidential protection and put an end to 20 years of rogue uniformed officials peddling information to gain favour with politicians.<\/p>\n<p>SHORT STAY<\/p>\n<p>Nelumbu will be heading to the Kavango West region.<\/p>\n<p>Nelumbo has in the past served as police logistics and procurement head.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2022, New Era published a report titled \u2018Top cops plot thickens\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Namibian could not get hold of Nelumbu yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Francois Bangamwabo, who represented him in the New Era matter, said he could not get hold of him either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Namibia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Oshana regional police commander Naftal Sakaria is set to lead the unit protecting president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, replacing commissioner Andreas Nelumbu, who was appointed to the role last year. Police chief inspector general Joseph Shikongo held a virtual meeting with the commissioners he reshuffled Monday afternoon. Police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi confirmed the shift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":101495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-101496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sakaria to Guard the President - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oshana regional police commander Naftal Sakaria is set to lead the unit protecting president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sakaria to Guard the President\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Oshana regional police commander Naftal Sakaria is set to lead the unit protecting president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T12:59:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T13:09:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/sm_1777369093.737849.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"615\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sakaria to Guard the President\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-28T12:59:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-28T13:09:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president\"},\"wordCount\":419,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/sm_1777369093.737849.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/sakaria-to-guard-the-president\",\"name\":\"Sakaria to Guard the President - 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