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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The High Court has ordered a company owned by fraud-accused businessman Ernest Adjovi and his Namibian representative Tonata Shiimi to pay back N$23 million to a Namibian tourism state agency for failing to deliver a music awards show.<\/b><\/p>\n

Adjovi, a close friend of president Hage Geingob, is accused of swindling the Namibian government out of around N$23,5 million by promising to host a music awards in 2016 that never took place.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefendants shall repay the amount of N$23 million to the plaintiff [Namibia Tourism Board],\u201d High Court judge Herman Oosthuizen ruled on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Adjovi, his company Mundial Telecom SARL and Shiimi are listed as defendants in the case. Oosthuizen also ordered them to pay an annual 20% interest on the N$23 million as from 1 July 2016. The judge said the accused used the money for other activities other than the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

The Namibian reported three years ago that Geingob accused his long-time friend Adjovi of trying to blackmail him into pushing Namibia into hosting and paying for the failed All Africa Kora Music Awards.<\/p>\n

Adjovi’s blackmail bid included allegations related to the purchase of a Falcon 900 jet that the government bought for then president Sam Nujoma in the early 1990s, and the building of Geingob’s private residence when he was prime minister.<\/p>\n

The blackmail bid is contained in WhatsApp exchanges The Namibian found in an affidavit compiled by Adjovi’s lawyers Erasmus & Associates on 25 March 2019.<\/p>\n

The affidavits were delivered to the NTB”s lawyers, Kangueehi & Kavendjii Inc, the law firm representing the government in the case involving the N$23 million lost in the music awards scam.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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