Cops to comb Geingob farm for missing man

TSUMEB Police have been waiting for the “dry season” before searching the farm of former Prime Minister Hage Geingob, and its surrounds, for a pensioner who disappeared there more than a year ago.

Police public relations head Deputy Commissioner Hophni Hamufungu said on Monday that people in the area had advised Police to wait until after the rains when the grass had dried before they moved in to comb the area. The Police said at the end of last year that they would conduct a thorough search of the farm in order to bring to a close speculation about Christiaan ‘Krisjan’ Xamseb, aged 63, who disappeared after an alleged altercation with Loini Geingos, wife of the former premier.Employees at the Geingob farm, Tsobis, claimed Geingos confronted Xamseb for trespassing on her land.Relatives say he was crossing the Geingob farm, as he had done over several decades, on the way home to the next farm north of Tsobis.Police said Xamseb went missing on May 6 2003, the day after he was driven off Tsobis.They say a neighbour of the Geingobs, Karl Oeder, said he had given him a lift to the main road.When his footprints where tracked, they “disappeared” on the Geingob’s farm.Lemmy Geingob, the farm manager, earlier this year said he welcomed the Police’s intention to search, adding that he had become annoyed by rumours circulating about how Xamseb had gone missing or what might have happened to him.The Police said at the end of last year that they would conduct a thorough search of the farm in order to bring to a close speculation about Christiaan ‘Krisjan’ Xamseb, aged 63, who disappeared after an alleged altercation with Loini Geingos, wife of the former premier.Employees at the Geingob farm, Tsobis, claimed Geingos confronted Xamseb for trespassing on her land.Relatives say he was crossing the Geingob farm, as he had done over several decades, on the way home to the next farm north of Tsobis.Police said Xamseb went missing on May 6 2003, the day after he was driven off Tsobis.They say a neighbour of the Geingobs, Karl Oeder, said he had given him a lift to the main road.When his footprints where tracked, they “disappeared” on the Geingob’s farm.Lemmy Geingob, the farm manager, earlier this year said he welcomed the Police’s intention to search, adding that he had become annoyed by rumours circulating about how Xamseb had gone missing or what might have happened to him.